Increased CD40 Expression Enhances Early STING-Mediated Type I Interferon Response and Host Survival in a Rodent Malaria Model.

Both type I interferon (IFN-I) and CD40 play a significant role in various infectious diseases, including malaria and autoimmune disorders. CD40 is mostly known to function in adaptive immunity, but previous observations of elevated CD40 levels early after malaria infection of mice led us to investi...

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Main Authors: Xiangyu Yao, Jian Wu, Meng Lin, Wenxiang Sun, Xiao He, Channe Gowda, Silvia Bolland, Carole A Long, Rongfu Wang, Xin-Zhuan Su
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-10-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5055354?pdf=render