Dog complement system is less effective against Leishmania infantum than human complement.

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Autor(es): dc.creatorNascimento, Alexandre Alves de Sousa-
Autor(es): dc.creatorCunha, Isabella Góes Mantini da-
Autor(es): dc.creatorPereira, Marcos Horácio-
Autor(es): dc.creatorSant’Anna, Mauricio Roberto Viana-
Autor(es): dc.creatorReis, Alexandre Barbosa-
Autor(es): dc.creatorGontijo, Nelder de Figueiredo-
Data de aceite: dc.date.accessioned2025-08-21T15:37:59Z-
Data de disponibilização: dc.date.available2025-08-21T15:37:59Z-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2025-02-06-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2025-02-06-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2023-
Fonte completa do material: dc.identifierhttps://www.repositorio.ufop.br/handle/123456789/19732-
Fonte completa do material: dc.identifierhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304401724002139?via%3Dihub-
Fonte completa do material: dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2024.110324-
Fonte: dc.identifier.urihttp://educapes.capes.gov.br/handle/capes/1020221-
Descrição: dc.descriptionDogs are important reservoir hosts for Leishmania infantum, the causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis. The complement system, as part of the innate immune defense, is responsible for initiating the fight against pathogens that may invade an organism. A failure of the complement to combat L. infantum may explain, at least in part, why a mammal species is more or less susceptible to visceral leishmaniasis. The objective of this study was to compare the effectiveness of human and dog complement systems against L. infantum parasites. The results showed that dog serum was less effective than human serum at killing promastigote and amastigote-like forms. We also compared the efficiency of human and canine sera in classic and alternative hemolytic assays, as well as the serum efficiency of non-infected and Leishmania-infected dogs. Serum from dogs was less hemolytic than human serum in both pathways tested, but the efficiency of serum from infected dogs was higher than that of non-infected dogs. When testing C3b deposition assays on parasite surfaces, serum from infected dogs was more effective against amastigote-like forms than serum from non-infected dogs. However, both types of serum proved equally effective on promastigotes, while serum from infected dogs was more effective on amastigote-like forms. Considering the efficiency of the complement system, our results indicate that dogs are more susceptible to visceral leishmaniasis than humans are.-
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Idioma: dc.languageen-
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Palavras-chave: dc.subjectVisceral leishmaniasis-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectLeishmania infantum-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectComplement system-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectDog sera-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectHuman sera-
Título: dc.titleDog complement system is less effective against Leishmania infantum than human complement.-
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