Article
Regulating immunity to malaria.
Parasite immunology - 1 Jan 2000
Riley E M, Wahl S, Perkins D J, Schofield L
Abstract excerpt
The optimal outcome of a malaria infection is that parasitized cells are killed and degraded without inducing significant pathology. Since much of the pathology of malaria infection can be immune-mediated, this implies that immune responses have to be carefully regulated. The mechanisms by which anti-malarial immune responses are believed to be regulated were discussed at the recent Malaria Immunology Workshop...
Topics
- Animals
- Cytokines
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Glycosylphosphatidylinositols
- Humans
- Immune Tolerance
- Malaria
- Nitric Oxide
- Plasmodium
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory
