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The effects of dyslipidaemia and cholesterol modulation on erythrocyte susceptibility to malaria parasite infection

BACKGROUND: Malaria disease commences when blood-stage parasites, called merozoites, invade human erythrocytes. Whilst the process of invasion is traditionally seen as being entirely merozoite-driven, emerging data suggests erythrocyte biophysical properties markedly influence invasion. Cholesterol...

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Autores principales: Koch, Marion, Cegla, Jaimini, Jones, Ben, Lu, Yuning, Mallat, Ziad, Blagborough, Andrew M., Angrisano, Fiona, Baum, Jake
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6884832/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31783858
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-3016-3