Inflammasome activation by CD8+ T cells from Patients with Cutaneous Leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis in the immunopathogenesis of the disease.

Fundac¸a˜o de Apoio a Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia (FAPESB), Bahia, Brazil, grant number 05/2015 and Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa (CNPq) grant number 401379/2014-0. DF received a CNPq fellowship (BJT_2014), and HA received a CNPq fellowship for undergraduate students. AB, VMB, EMC, LPC, DSZ, and CB are senior investigators of CNPq.