Malarial Pigment Hemozoin and the Innate Inflammatory Response

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 circula...

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Main Authors: Martin eOlivier, Kristin eVan Den Ham, Marina Tiemi Shio, Fikregabrail Aberra Kassa, Sophie eFougeray
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
Macrophages
Malaria
signalling
Inflammasome
hemozoin
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2014.00025/full

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