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Malaria pigment paralyzes dendritic cells

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 by inhibiting dendritic cell ac...

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Autores principales: Urban, Britta C, Todryk, Stephen
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1561485/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16620370
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol37