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Cord Blood IL-12 Confers Protection to Clinical Malaria in Early Childhood Life.
Scientific reports - 18 Jul 2018
Song Yong, Aguilar Ruth, Guo Jing, Manaca Maria Nelia, Nhabomba Augusto, Berthoud Tamara Katherine, Khoo Siew-Kim, Wiertsema Selma, Barbosa Arnoldo, Quintó Llorenç, Laing Ingrid A, Mayor Alfredo, Guinovart Caterina, Alonso Pedro L, LeSouëf Peter N, Dobaño Carlota, Zhang Guicheng Brad
Abstract excerpt
Using a well-designed longitudinal cohort, we aimed to identify cytokines that were protective against malaria and to explore how they were influenced by genetic and immunological factors. 349 Mozambican pregnant women and their newborn babies were recruited and followed up for malaria outcomes until 24 months of age. Six Th1 cytokines in cord blood were screened for correlation with malaria incidence, of which...
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