Red blood cells derived from peripheral blood and bone marrow CD34+ human haematopoietic stem cells are permissive to Plasmodium parasites infection

The production of fully functional human red cells in vitro from haematopoietic stem cells (hHSCs) has been successfully achieved. Recently, the use of hHSCs from cord blood represented a major improvement to develop the continuous culture system for Plasmodium vivax. Here, we demonstrated that CD34...

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Main Authors: Carmen Fernandez-Becerra, Joel Lelievre, Mireia Ferrer, Nuria Anton, Richard Thomson, Cristina Peligero, Maria Jesus Almela, Marcus VG Lacerda, Esperanza Herreros, Hernando A del Portillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2013-09-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762013000600801&lng=en&tlng=en