Estudo da imunopatogenia das lesões no sistema nervoso central de cães naturalmente acometidos por leishmaniose visceral
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2012-12-01
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Schwardt, Tatianna Frate [UNESP]
Vides, Juliana Peloi [UNESP]
Pacheco, Acácio Duarte [UNESP]
Langoni, Hélio [UNESP]
Generoso, Diego [UNESP]
Machado, Gisele Fabrino [UNESP]
Laurenti, Márcia Dalastra
Marcondes, Mary [UNESP]
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Visceral leishmaniasis in dogs is described as a chronic disease whose main symptoms are progressive weigth loss, cachexy and dermatologic lesions. Recently, the disease has been associated to neurologic disorders. A total of 40 dogs with visceral leishmaniasis were divided into two groups. The first composed of dogs without neurological signs (n=30) and the second by dogs with neurological disorders (n=10). Brain samples were collected, stored in 10% buffered formalin and subjected to immunohistochemical examination for amastigotes forms of Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi, CD3+, CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes and macrophages. Imunnohistochemistry evaluation revealed no amastigote forms of the parasite. CD3+ T lymphocytes were present in 24/30 (80%) dogs without neurological signs and in all dogs from the second group (p=0.0011). CD4+ and CD8+ were rarely observed, with CD4+ immunostaining in 10/40 (25%) dogs, from which half of them had neurological disease (p=0.0090). The presence of CD8+ was detected only in 4/10 (40%) dogs from neurological group (p=0.0021). Macrophages were detected in 38/40 (95%) dogs, without significant differences between groups (p=0.7664).
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Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi, Macrophages, TCD3+, TCD4+, TCD8+
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Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science, v. 49, n. 6, p. 442-451, 2012.