Malaria pigment paralyzes dendritic cells

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2006
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Abstract
The capacity of malarial infection to suppress the patient's immune responses both to the parasite and to other antigens has long puzzled researchers. A prime suspect, the parasite-produced pigment hemozoin, has now been clearly shown to mediate immunosuppression ...
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Authors Britta C Urban, Stephen Todryk;Britta C Urban;Stephen Todryk;
Journal journal of biology
Year 2006
DOI
10.1186/jbiol37
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1561485
Keywords
life sciences biomedicine general National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE Mice review animals humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine research support non-u.s. gov't comment malaria / immunology* dendritic cells / immunology pmid:16620370 pmc1561485 doi:10.1186/jbiol37 britta c urban stephen todryk dendritic cells / drug effects* hemeproteins / metabolism hemeproteins / pharmacology* immune tolerance / drug effects immunosuppressive agents / metabolism immunosuppressive agents / pharmacology* phagocytosis / drug effects plasmodium / immunology plasmodium / metabolism*

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