Blockage of mechanosensitive Piezo1 channel alleviates the severity of experimental malaria-associated acute lung injury
Abstract Background Malaria-associated acute lung injury (MA-ALI) is a well-recognized clinical complication of severe, complicated malaria that is partly driven by sequestrations of infected red blood cells (iRBCs) on lung postcapillary induced impaired blood flow. In earlier studies the mechanosen...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2024-02-01
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Series: | Parasites & Vectors |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-024-06144-5 |