background interleukin (il)-2 plays a central role in t cell-dependent immune responses. objectives we conducted this study to determine and compare il-2 expression in lupoid and usual types of old world cutaneous leishmaniasis (owcl), using immunohistochemistry. patients and methods thirteen paraffin-embedded specimens of lupoid and 12 specimens of usual types of owcl were used. a mouse monocl...

© 2013 Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine 2013 This is an open ac ess article distributed under the terms of the Cre tive Commons Attribution Licens , which per its unrestric ed use, di tribution, and r production in any medium, provi d the original work is prop rly c ted. A sev n-y r-ol girl pre en ed to he Departm nt of Tropical Medicine, Biomedical Research Center, Central University of E...

Antinuclear antibodies (ANA) were demonstrated in 3 out of 10 Gordon setters with symmetrical lupoid onychodystrophy and in 5 out of 13 Gordon setters with black hair follicular dysplasia. Two dogs showed both symmetrical lupoid onychodystrophy and black hair follicular dysplasia, and one of these was ANA positive. The results suggest that symmetrical lupoid onychodystrophy and black hair folli...