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APOL1 expression is induced by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense infection but is not associated with differential susceptibility to sleeping sickness.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Oct 2012
Ilboudo Hamidou, Berthier David, Camara Mamadou, Camara Oumou, Kabore Jacques, Leno Mamadou, Keletigui Sow, Chantal Isabelle, Jamonneau Vincent, Belem Adrien Marie Gaston, Cuny Gérard, Bucheton Bruno
Abstract excerpt
Most African trypanosome species are sensitive to trypanolytic factors (TLFs) present in human serum. Trypanosome lysis was demonstrated to be associated with apolipoprotein L-I (APOL1). Trypanosoma brucei (T. b.) gambiense and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, the two human infective trypanosome s...
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