Malaria Induces Anemia through CD8(+) T Cell-Dependent Parasite Clearance and Erythrocyte Removal in the Spleen

Severe malarial anemia (SMA) in semi-immune individuals eliminates both infected and uninfected erythrocytes and is a frequent fatal complication. It is proportional not to circulating parasitemia but total parasite mass (sequestered) in the organs. Thus, immune responses that clear parasites in org...

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Main Authors: Safeukui, Innocent, Gomez, Noé D., Adelani, Aanuoluwa A., Burte, Florence, Afolabi, Nathaniel K., Akondy, Rama, Velazquez, Peter, Holder, Anthony, Tewari, Rita, Buffet, Pierre, Brown, Biobele J., Shokunbi, Wuraola A., Olaleye, David, Sodeinde, Olugbemiro, Kazura, James, Ahmed, Rafi, Mohandas, Narla, Fernandez-Reyes, Delmiro, Haldar, Kasturi
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society of Microbiology 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4324318/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25604792
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02493-14
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