List of works - Ifeoma Okwor

Altered proinflammatory cytokine production and enhanced resistance to Trypanosoma congolense infection in lymphotoxin beta-deficient mice

scientific article published in August 2009

CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells attenuate lipopolysaccharide-induced systemic inflammatory responses and promotes survival in murine Escherichia coli infection

scientific article published in July 2013

CD8+ T cells are preferentially activated during primary low dose leishmania major infection but are completely dispensable during secondary anti-Leishmania immunity

scientific article

Deficiency of CD40 Reveals an Important Role for LIGHT in Anti-Leishmania Immunity

scientific article published on 29 May 2015

Deficiency of Leishmania phosphoglycans influences the magnitude but does not affect the quality of secondary (memory) anti-Leishmania immunity

scientific article

Identification of broadly conserved cross-species protective Leishmania antigen and its responding CD4+ T cells.

scientific article

Immunotherapy as a strategy for treatment of leishmaniasis: a review of the literature.

scientific article published on September 2009

Infection with arginase-deficient Leishmania major reveals a parasite number-dependent and cytokine-independent regulation of host cellular arginase activity and disease pathogenesis

scientific article

Inoculation of killed Leishmania major into immune mice rapidly disrupts immunity to a secondary challenge via IL-10-mediated process.

scientific article published on 06 August 2009

Interaction of Macrophage Antigen 1 and CD40 Ligand Leads to IL-12 Production and Resistance in CD40-Deficient Mice Infected with Leishmania major.

scientific article published on 24 August 2015

LIGHT Is critical for IL-12 production by dendritic cells, optimal CD4+ Th1 cell response, and resistance to Leishmania major

scientific journal article

Low-dose intradermal infection with trypanosoma congolense leads to expansion of regulatory T cells and enhanced susceptibility to reinfection

scientific article published on 16 December 2013

MHC class II restricted innate-like double negative T cells contribute to optimal primary and secondary immunity to Leishmania major

scientific article

Parasite-derived arginase influences secondary anti-Leishmania immunity by regulating programmed cell death-1-mediated CD4+ T cell exhaustion.

scientific article published on 04 March 2013

Pathways leading to interleukin-12 production and protective immunity in cutaneous leishmaniasis

scientific article published on 29 June 2016

Persistent parasites and immunologic memory in cutaneous leishmaniasis: implications for vaccine designs and vaccination strategies.

scientific article published on January 2008

Protective immunity and vaccination against cutaneous leishmaniasis.

scientific article published on 29 May 2012

Qualitative differences in the early immune response to live and killed Leishmania major: Implications for vaccination strategies against Leishmaniasis

scientific article

Regulatory T cells enhance susceptibility to experimental Trypanosoma congolense infection independent of mouse genetic background

scientific article

Regulatory T cells restrain CD4+ T cells from causing unregulated immune activation and hypersensitivity to lipopolysaccharide challenge

scientific article

Repeated inoculation of killed Leishmania major induces durable immune response that protects mice against virulent challenge

scientific article published on 15 June 2010

Semaphorin 3E Regulates the Response of Macrophages to Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Systemic Inflammation

scientific article published on 27 November 2019

Social and Economic Burden of Human Leishmaniasis

scientific article published on 19 January 2016

The B cell adaptor molecule Bam32 is critically important for optimal antibody response and resistance to Trypanosoma congolense infection in mice

scientific article

The human breast cancer-associated protein, the prolactin-inducible protein (PIP), regulates intracellular signaling events and cytokine production by macrophages.

scientific article

The immunology of Leishmania/HIV co-infection.

scientific article

Vaccines and vaccination strategies against human cutaneous leishmaniasis

scientific article published on 12 May 2009

List of works by Ifeoma Okwor

Altered proinflammatory cytokine production and enhanced resistance to Trypanosoma congolense infection in lymphotoxin beta-deficient mice

CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells attenuate lipopolysaccharide-induced systemic inflammatory responses and promotes survival in murine Escherichia coli infection

CD8+ T cells are preferentially activated during primary low dose leishmania major infection but are completely dispensable during secondary anti-Leishmania immunity

Deficiency of CD40 Reveals an Important Role for LIGHT in Anti-Leishmania Immunity

Deficiency of Leishmania phosphoglycans influences the magnitude but does not affect the quality of secondary (memory) anti-Leishmania immunity

Identification of broadly conserved cross-species protective Leishmania antigen and its responding CD4+ T cells.

Immunotherapy as a strategy for treatment of leishmaniasis: a review of the literature.

Infection with arginase-deficient Leishmania major reveals a parasite number-dependent and cytokine-independent regulation of host cellular arginase activity and disease pathogenesis

Inoculation of killed Leishmania major into immune mice rapidly disrupts immunity to a secondary challenge via IL-10-mediated process.

Interaction of Macrophage Antigen 1 and CD40 Ligand Leads to IL-12 Production and Resistance in CD40-Deficient Mice Infected with Leishmania major.

LIGHT Is critical for IL-12 production by dendritic cells, optimal CD4+ Th1 cell response, and resistance to Leishmania major

Low-dose intradermal infection with trypanosoma congolense leads to expansion of regulatory T cells and enhanced susceptibility to reinfection

MHC class II restricted innate-like double negative T cells contribute to optimal primary and secondary immunity to Leishmania major

Parasite-derived arginase influences secondary anti-Leishmania immunity by regulating programmed cell death-1-mediated CD4+ T cell exhaustion.

Pathways leading to interleukin-12 production and protective immunity in cutaneous leishmaniasis

Persistent parasites and immunologic memory in cutaneous leishmaniasis: implications for vaccine designs and vaccination strategies.

Protective immunity and vaccination against cutaneous leishmaniasis.

Qualitative differences in the early immune response to live and killed Leishmania major: Implications for vaccination strategies against Leishmaniasis

Regulatory T cells enhance susceptibility to experimental Trypanosoma congolense infection independent of mouse genetic background

Regulatory T cells restrain CD4+ T cells from causing unregulated immune activation and hypersensitivity to lipopolysaccharide challenge

Repeated inoculation of killed Leishmania major induces durable immune response that protects mice against virulent challenge

Semaphorin 3E Regulates the Response of Macrophages to Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Systemic Inflammation

Social and Economic Burden of Human Leishmaniasis

The B cell adaptor molecule Bam32 is critically important for optimal antibody response and resistance to Trypanosoma congolense infection in mice

The human breast cancer-associated protein, the prolactin-inducible protein (PIP), regulates intracellular signaling events and cytokine production by macrophages.

The immunology of Leishmania/HIV co-infection.

Vaccines and vaccination strategies against human cutaneous leishmaniasis