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Malarial Pigment Hemozoin and the Innate Inflammatory Response

Malaria is a deadly infectious disease caused by the intraerythrocytic protozoan parasite Plasmodium. The four species of Plasmodium known to affect humans all produce an inorganic crystal called hemozoin (HZ) during the heme detoxification process. HZ is released from the food vacuole into circulat...

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Autores principales: Olivier, Martin, Van Den Ham, Kristin, Shio, Marina Tiemi, Kassa, Fikregabrail Aberra, Fougeray, Sophie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3913902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24550911
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2014.00025