Blood outgrowth endothelial cells (BOECs) as a novel tool for studying adhesion of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes.
The lack of suitable animal models for the study of cytoadhesion of P. falciparum-infected erythrocytes (IEs) has necessitated in vitro studies employing a range of cell lines of either human tumour origin (e.g., BeWo and C32 cells) or non-human origin (e.g., CHO cells). Of the human cells available...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6177148?pdf=render |