The absence of eosinophils is associated with early metastatic lesions in Leishmania amazonensis-infected mice.
Gregório Guilherme AlmeidaTassiane Assíria Martins LuehringPierre Henrique de Menezes PaixãoRodrigo Pedro SoaresAndré Luís Branco de BarrosRubens Lima do Monte-NetoWagner Luiz TafuriDeborah Aparecida Negrão-CorrêaRicardo GonçalvesPublished in: Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (2024)
These results suggest a protective role of eosinophils in delaying the disease caused by L. amazonensis, although several limitations of this mice strain must be considered.