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Suppression of host p53 is critical for Plasmodium liver-stage infection.
Cell reports - 28 Mar 2013
Kaushansky Alexis, Ye Albert S, Austin Laura S, Mikolajczak Sebastian A, Vaughan Ashley M, Camargo Nelly, Metzger Peter G, Douglass Alyse N, MacBeath Gavin, Kappe Stefan H I
Abstract excerpt
Plasmodium parasites infect the liver and replicate inside hepatocytes before they invade erythrocytes and trigger clinical malaria. Analysis of host signaling pathways affected by liver-stage infection could provide critical insights into host-pathogen interactions and reveal targets for intervention. Using protein lysate microarrays, we found that Plasmodium yoelii rodent malaria parasites perturb hepatocyte...
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