Functional deficit of T regulatory cells in Fulani, an ethnic group with low susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Previous interethnic comparative studies on the susceptibility to malaria performed in West Africa showed that Fulani are more resistant to Plasmodium falciparum malaria than are sympatric ethnic groups. This lower susceptibility is not associated to classic malaria-resistance genes, and the analysi...

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Main Authors: Torcia, Maria G., Santarlasci, Veronica, Cosmi, Lorenzo, Clemente, AnnMaria, Maggi, Laura, Mangano, Valentina D., Verra, Federica, Bancone, Germana, Nebie, Issa, Sirima, Bienvenu Sodiomon, Liotta, Francesco, Frosali, Francesca, Angeli, Roberta, Severini, Carlo, Sannella, Anna R., Bonini, Paolo, Lucibello, Maria, Maggi, Enrico, Garaci, Enrico, Coluzzi, Mario, Cozzolino, Federico, Annunziato, Francesco, Romagnani, Sergio, Modiano, David
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2008
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Biological Sciences
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2206590/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18174328
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0709969105
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