00952nas a2200217 4500000000100000008004100001100002000042700001300062700001500075700001300090700001900103700002500122700001700147245012000164856005800284300001100342490000700353050002300360520033700383022001400720 2015 d1 aLima Silveira E1 aSousa JR1 aAarão TLS1 aFuzii HT1 aDias Junior LB1 aOliveira Carneiro FR1 aQuaresma JAS00aNew immunologic pathways in the pathogenesis of leprosy: Role for Th22 cytokines in the polar forms of the disease. uhttp://www.jaad.org/article/S0190-9622(14)02208-7/pdf a729-300 v72 aDELIMASILVEIRA20153 a

To the Editor: Leprosy is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae with clinical manifestations that are vastly dependent on the host's immune response. The role of Th22 cells in the immunopathogenicity of leprosy has yet to be characterized.

 

 

 

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