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Oxidative insult can induce malaria-protective trait of sickle and fetal erythrocytes.
Nature communications - 8 Nov 2016
Cyrklaff Marek, Srismith Sirikamol, Nyboer Britta, Burda Kvetoslava, Hoffmann Angelika, Lasitschka Felix, Adjalley Sophie, Bisseye Cyrille, Simpore Jacques, Mueller Ann-Kristin, Sanchez Cecilia P, Frischknecht Friedrich, Lanzer Michael
Abstract excerpt
Plasmodium falciparum infections can cause severe malaria, but not every infected person develops life-threatening complications. In particular, carriers of the structural haemoglobinopathies S and C and infants are protected from severe disease. Protection is associated with impaired parasite-induced host actin reorganization, required for vesicular trafficking of parasite-encoded adhesins, and reduced...
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