%0 Journal Article %T Characterization of Chronic Cutaneous Lesions from TNF-Receptor-1-Deficient Mice Infected by Leishmania major %A Carolina Ferreira Oliveira %A Daniel Manzoni-de-Almeida %A Paula Seixas Mello %A Caio Cotta Natale %A Helton da Costa Santiago %A Lu¨Ēza da Silva Miranda %A Fernanda Oliveira Ferraz %A Liliane Martins dos Santos %A Mauro Martins Teixeira %A Rosa Maria Esteves Arantes %A Leda Quercia Vieira %J Clinical and Developmental Immunology %D 2012 %I Hindawi Publishing Corporation %R 10.1155/2012/865708 %X Leishmania major-infected TNF receptor 1 deficient (TNFR1 KO) mice resolve parasitism but fail to resolve lesions, while wild-type mice completely heal. We investigated the cell composition, cytokine production, and apoptosis in lesions from L. major-infected TNFR1 KO and wild-type (WT) mice. Chronic lesions from L. major-infected TNFR1 KO mice presented larger number of CD8 %U http://www.hindawi.com/journals/cdi/2012/865708/