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| Title |
The site of the bite: Leishmania interaction with macrophages, neutrophils and the extracellular matrix in the dermis
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| Published in |
Parasites & Vectors, May 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13071-016-1540-3 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Juliana Perrone de Menezes, Elvira M. Saraiva, Bruno da Rocha-Azevedo |
| Abstract |
Leishmania spp., the causative agents of leishmaniasis, are intracellular parasites, transmitted to humans via the bite of their sand fly vectors. Once inoculated, the promastigotes are exposed to the dermis, which is composed of extracellular matrix (ECM), growth factors and its resident cells. Promastigote forms are phagocytosed by macrophages recruited to the site of the sand fly bite, either directly or after interaction with neutrophils. Since Leishmania is an intracellular parasite, its interaction with the host ECM has been neglected as well as the immediate steps after the sand fly bite. However, promastigotes must overcome the obstacles presented by the dermis ECM in order to establish the infection. Thus, the study of the interaction between Leishmania promastigotes and ECM components as well as the earliest stages of infection are important steps to understand the establishment of the disease, and could contribute in the future to new drug developments towards leishmaniasis. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 6 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2 | 33% |
| Unknown | 4 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 83% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 254 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 3 | 1% |
| Peru | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 249 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 47 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 42 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 37 | 15% |
| Researcher | 23 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 21 | 8% |
| Other | 32 | 13% |
| Unknown | 52 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 56 | 22% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 46 | 18% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 33 | 13% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 22 | 9% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 11 | 4% |
| Other | 22 | 9% |
| Unknown | 64 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 July 2016.
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#6,387,783
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Outputs from Parasites & Vectors
#1,445
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#91,060
of 298,976 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Parasites & Vectors
#41
of 181 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,869,263 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 71st percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 5,471 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 5.7. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 73% of its peers.
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