{"title":"An overview of host immune responses against Leishmania spp. infections.","authors":"Hanna Paton, Prabuddha Sarkar, Prajwal Gurung","doi":"10.1093/hmg/ddaf043","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Leishmania spp. infections pose a significant global health challenge, affecting approximately 1 billion people across more than 88 endemic countries. This unicellular, obligate intracellular parasite causes a spectrum of diseases, ranging from localized cutaneous lesions to systemic visceral infections. Despite advancements in modern medicine and increased understanding of the parasite's etiology and associated diseases, treatment options remain limited to pentavalent antimonials, liposomal amphotericin B, and miltefosine. A deeper understanding of the interactions between immune and non-immune cells involved in the clearance of Leishmania spp. infections could uncover novel therapeutic strategies for this debilitating disease. This review highlights recent progress in elucidating how various cell types contribute to the regulation and resolution of Leishmania spp. infections.</p>","PeriodicalId":13070,"journal":{"name":"Human molecular genetics","volume":" ","pages":"R83-R109"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2000,"publicationDate":"2025-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12501981/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Human molecular genetics","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddaf043","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Leishmania spp. infections pose a significant global health challenge, affecting approximately 1 billion people across more than 88 endemic countries. This unicellular, obligate intracellular parasite causes a spectrum of diseases, ranging from localized cutaneous lesions to systemic visceral infections. Despite advancements in modern medicine and increased understanding of the parasite's etiology and associated diseases, treatment options remain limited to pentavalent antimonials, liposomal amphotericin B, and miltefosine. A deeper understanding of the interactions between immune and non-immune cells involved in the clearance of Leishmania spp. infections could uncover novel therapeutic strategies for this debilitating disease. This review highlights recent progress in elucidating how various cell types contribute to the regulation and resolution of Leishmania spp. infections.
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Human Molecular Genetics concentrates on full-length research papers covering a wide range of topics in all aspects of human molecular genetics. These include:
the molecular basis of human genetic disease
developmental genetics
cancer genetics
neurogenetics
chromosome and genome structure and function
therapy of genetic disease
stem cells in human genetic disease and therapy, including the application of iPS cells
genome-wide association studies
mouse and other models of human diseases
functional genomics
computational genomics
In addition, the journal also publishes research on other model systems for the analysis of genes, especially when there is an obvious relevance to human genetics.
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