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• High matrix metalloproteinase production correlates with immune activation and leukocyte migration in leprosy reactional lesions.

  Gelatinases A and B (matrix metalloproteinase 2 [MMP-2] and MMP-9, respectively) can induce basal membrane breakdown and leukocyte migration, but thei…

  Authors: Rosane M B Teles, Rose B Teles, Thais P Amadeu, Danielle F Moura, Leila Mendonça-Lima, Helen Ferreira, Italo M C F Santos, José A C Nery, Euzenir N Sarno, Elizabeth P Sampaio

  Source: Infection and immunity. 2010 Mar

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• The additional benefit of the ML Flow test to classify leprosy patients.

  The use of the skin lesion counting classification leads to both under and over diagnosis of leprosy in many instances. Thus, there is a need to compl…

  Authors: Samira Bührer-Sékula, Ximena Illarramendi, Rose B Teles, Maria Lucia F Penna, José Augusto C Nery, Anna Maria Sales, Linda Oskam, Elizabeth P Sampaio, Euzenir N Sarno

  Source: Acta tropica. 2009 Aug

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