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Evidence that interferon-gamma plays a protective role during cerebral malaria.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2005
Cabantous Sandrine, Poudiougou Belco, Traore Abdoulaye, Keita Marouf, Cisse Mamadou Balla, Doumbo Ogobara, Dessein Alain J, Marquet Sandrine
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BACKGROUND: The pathogenic mechanisms of cerebral malaria (CM) are unclear but are thought to involve cytokine-mediated inflammation enhanced by parasite sequestration in the brain microcirculation. The role that interferon (IFN)-gamma could play that would enhance inflammation but also reduce pa...
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