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Malarial Hemozoin Is a Nalp3 Inflammasome Activating Danger Signal
BACKGROUND: Characteristic symptoms of malaria include recurrent fever attacks and neurodegeneration, signs that are also found in patients with a hyperactive Nalp3 inflammasome. Plasmodium species produce a crystal called hemozoin that is generated by detoxification of heme after hemoglobin degrada...
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Public Library of Science
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2714977/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19652710 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006510 |