Immune response in human chromoblastomycosis and eumycetoma – focusing on human interleukin-17A, interferon-gamma, tumour necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-1 beta and human beta-defensin-2

• Main Authors: Charussri Leeyaphan, Carren Hau, Shintaro Takeoka, Yayoi Tada, Sumanas Bunyaratavej, Penvadee Pattanaprichakul, Panitta Sitthinamsuwan, Angkana Chaiprasert, Yuko Sasajima, Koichi Makimura, Shinichi Watanabe
• Other Authors: Teikyo University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/40930
• Institution: Mahidol University

© 2016 Blackwell Verlag GmbH Knowledge regarding host immune response to chromoblastomycosis and eumycetoma is limited, particularly concerning cytokines and antimicrobial peptides production. This was a retrospective study of 12 paraffin-embedded tissue samples from patients diagnosed with chromobl...