Sickle Cell MicroRNAs Inhibit the Malaria Parasite
Sickle cell hemoglobin conveys resistance to malaria. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, LaMonte et al. (2012) demonstrate a surprising mechanism for this innate immunity. A microRNA enriched in sickle red blood cells is translocated into the parasite, incorporated covalently into P. falcipar...
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Elsevier B.V.
2015
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96269 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7029-7415 |