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Parasite
Volume 1, Number 4, December 1994
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Page(s) | 305 - 309 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/1994014305 | |
Published online | 29 September 2014 |
Mémoire
Immunohistochemical analysis of the mucosal lesion in mucocutaneous leishmaniasis
Analyse immunohistochimique de la lésion muqueuse au cours de la leishmaniose cutanéo-muqueuse
1
Immunology Unit, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, BP1274, Antananarivo, Madagascar.
2
Molecular and Cellular Pathology Unit for Tissue Fibrosis, CNRS URA 1459, Institut Pasteur de Lyon, F-69365 Lyon Cédex 07, France.
3
Histopathology Unit, Institut Pasteur, F-75235 Paris cédex 15, France.
4
Parasitology Lab., Institute Boliviano de Biologia de Altura, La Paz, Bolivia.
* Corresponding author : Dr. J.P. Dedet, Laboratoire d'Écologie Médicale et de Pathologie Parasitaire, Faculté de Médecine, 163 rue A. Broussonet, F-34059 Montpellier cédex, France. Tél: 67 33 69 60 - 67 63 27 51 - Fax: 67 63 00 49.
Accepted: 26 August 1994
Using antibodies against surface antigens of inflammatory cells and against extra-cellular matrix components, immunocytochemical studies permit the investigation of the in situ cellular immune response and the associated fibrosis, in mucosal lesions. 57 paraffin embedded skin biopsies of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis originating from Bolivia and due to Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis, were studied. Memory T cells predominate within a non-organized granulomatous reaction, in which were observed proliferating macrophages. At the top of the lesion, epithelial cells expressed HLA-DR. Some characteristics of this lesion, particularly its chronic destructive pattern, presently lack any clear explanation.
Résumé
Cinquante sept biopsies de lésions muqueuses de leishmaniose cutanéo-muqueuse à Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis, originaires de Bolivie, ont été incluses en paraffine. Ces biopsies ont fait l'objet d'une analyse immunohistochimique, les objectifs étant de caractériser l'infiltrat cellulaire et le tissu conjonctif. Dans l'infiltrat inflammatoire muqueux, on a observé la présence de lymphocytes T "mémoire" distribués au sein d'un granulôme riche en macrophages qui prolifèrent. En superficie de la lésion, les cellules épitéliales sont positives pour HLA-DR. Certaines particularités de cette lésion, plus particulièrement la destruction tissulaire, ne sont pas clairement explicables à l'heure actuelle.
Key words: immunology / immunopathology / pathology / mucocutaneous / leishmaniasis / Leishmania braziliensis
Mots clés : immunologie / immunopathologie / anatomo-pathologie / leishmaniose cutonéo-muqueuse / Leishmania braziliensis
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