Hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell sources to generate reticulocytes for Plasmodium vivax culture.

The predilection of Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) for reticulocytes is a major obstacle for its establishment in a long-term culture system, as this requires a continuous supply of large quantities of reticulocytes, representing only 1-2% of circulating red blood cells. We here compared the production...

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Main Authors: Florian Noulin, Javed Karim Manesia, Anna Rosanas-Urgell, Annette Erhart, Céline Borlon, Jan Van Den Abbeele, Umberto d'Alessandro, Catherine M Verfaillie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4231068?pdf=render