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Alpha-tocopherol transfer protein disruption confers resistance to malarial infection in mice
BACKGROUND: Various factors impact the severity of malaria, including the nutritional status of the host. Vitamin E, an intra and extracellular anti-oxidant, is one such nutrient whose absence was shown previously to negatively affect Plasmodium development. However, mechanisms of this Plasmodium in...
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BioMed Central
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862040/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20403155 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-101 |