Lepromin

Known as: Lepromin [Chemical/Ingredient] 
 
National Institutes of Health

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2004
2004
Susceptibility to leprosy may be conditioned by an interaction between the NRAMP1 promoter polymorphisms and the lepromin response.
Controversial results have been achieved by attempting to associate the NRAMP1 gene with Mycobacterium leprae susceptibility as… (More)
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2000
2000
Granulomatous reaction to intradermal injection of lepromin (Mitsuda reaction) is linked to the human NRAMP1 gene in Vietnamese leprosy sibships.
The Mitsuda test, which measures the specific immune response against intradermally injected lepromin, has a high prognostic… (More)
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1995
1995
Ultraviolet radiation decreases the granulomatous response to lepromin in humans.
Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) modulates cellular immunity in humans and experimental animals and can interfere with immune… (More)
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1994
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1994
T-cell-epitope mapping of the major secreted mycobacterial antigen Ag85A in tuberculosis and leprosy.
Lymphoproliferation and gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) secretion in response to 28 overlapping 20-mer synthetic peptides covering… (More)
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1990
1990
Positive Mitsuda lepromin reactions in long-term treated lepromatous leprosy.
Twenty-four lepromatous (LL) patients, treated for 22 to 40 years with chemotherapy, including sulphones and with multidrug… (More)
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1984
1984
Evaluation of standard Dharmendra lepromin.
Dharmendra lepromin standardized at Central JALMA Institute for Leprosy (CJIL) by bacterial counts was used by different… (More)
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1983
1983
Variable lepromin response to Mycobacterium leprae in resistant armadillos.
Eight armadillos resistant to the infection of Mycobacterium leprae were lepromin tested. The tissue response was tuberculoid in… (More)
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1979
1979
Lepromin-induced suppressor cells in patients with leprosy.
The possibility of an active mechanism of immunologic suppression in leprosy was explored by assessing the in vitro lymphocyte… (More)
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1954
1954
Lepromin and tuberculin tests in Venezuelan leprosy foci; induction of lepromin reactivity by BCG vaccination.
The work reported in this paper was carried out by the Fourth Antileprosy Service of the Leprosy Division of the Ministry of… (More)
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1954
1954
Lepromin testing with diluted antigen.
It is now a well-recognized fact that, imperfect as 'modern treatment of leprosy may be, the results of it are making it more and… (More)
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