Luís Afonso

The Adjuvant Effect of Interleukin-12 in a Vaccine Against <i>Leishmania major</i>

Luís Afonso, Tanya M. Scharton, Leda Quércia Vieira et al. · Science · 1994 · 682 citations

IL-12 is required for natural killer cell activation and subsequent T helper 1 cell development in experimental leishmaniasis.

Tanya Scharton‐Kersten, Luís Afonso, Maria Wysocka et al. · The Journal of Immunology · 1995 · 416 citations

Adaptive Immune System, Immunology, Il-12 Function +18

Immune responses associated with susceptibility of C57BL/10 mice to Leishmania amazonensis

Luís Afonso, Phillip Scott · Infection and Immunity · 1993 · 276 citations · Full text

Th2 Cell Response, Il-4 Levels, Immunology +22

Switch from a type 2 to a type 1 T helper cell response and cure of established Leishmania major infection in mice is induced by combined therapy with interleukin 12 and Pentostam.

Gary S. Nabors, Luís Afonso, J P Farrell et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1995 · 177 citations · Full text

Immunology, Immune Regulation, Immunologic Mechanism +19

Extracellular nucleotide metabolism in Leishmania: influence of adenosine in the establishment of infection

Eduardo de Almeida Marques da Silva, J. C. Oliveira, Amanda Braga Figueiredo et al. · Microbes and Infection · 2008 · 84 citations

Biochemistry, Parasitic Protozoa, Natural Sciences +8