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Organism-like formation of Schistosoma hemozoin and its function suggest a mechanism for anti-malarial action of artemisinin
The current theories of antimalarial mechanism of artemisinin are inadequate to fully explain the observed effects. In our study, “organism-like” formation of Schistosoma hemozoin granules by attaching to and utilizing erythrocytes to form new ones was observed. This indicates that heme iron is tran...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5046088/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27694940 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep34463 |