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Neutrophils and monocytes from subjects with the Mediterranean G6PD variant: effect of Plasmodium falciparum hemozoin on G6PD activity, oxidative burst and cytokine production.
European cytokine network - 1 Sept 1998
Mordmüller B, Turrini F, Long H, Kremsner P G, Arese P
Abstract excerpt
Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) activity and oxidative burst were measured in neutrophils and monocytes from five, hemizygous, G6PD-deficient (Mediterranean variant) individuals and five normal controls. Additionally, tumor necrosis factor (TNF), interleukin-10 (IL-10), interleukin-12 (IL-12) release and phagocytosis of the malarial pigment hemozoin or opsonized erythrocytes (RBC) were measured in...
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