Synthetic Plasmodium-like hemozoin activates the immune response: a morphology - function study.

Synthetic Plasmodium-like hemozoin activates the immune response: a morphology - function study.

Increasing evidence points to an important role for hemozoin (HZ), the malaria pigment, in the immunopathology related to this infection. However, there is no consensus as to whether HZ exerts its immunostimulatory activity in absence of other parasite or host components. Contamination of native HZ...

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Main Authors: Maritza Jaramillo, Marie-Josée Bellemare, Caroline Martel, Marina Tiemi Shio, Ana Paulina Contreras, Marianne Godbout, Michel Roger, Eric Gaudreault, Jean Gosselin, D Scott Bohle, Martin Olivier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-09-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2734055?pdf=render

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