IgG autoantibody to brain beta tubulin III associated with cytokine cluster-II discriminate cerebral malaria in central India.

BACKGROUND:The main processes in the pathogenesis of cerebral malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum involved sequestration of parasitized red blood cells and immunopathological responses. Among immune factors, IgG autoantibodies to brain antigens are increased in P. falciparum infected patients an...

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Main Authors: Devendra Bansal, Fabien Herbert, Pharath Lim, Prakash Deshpande, Christophe Bécavin, Vincent Guiyedi, Ilaria de Maria, Jean Claude Rousselle, Abdelkader Namane, Rajendra Jain, Pierre-André Cazenave, Gyan Chandra Mishra, Cristiano Ferlini, Constantin Fesel, Arndt Benecke, Sylviane Pied
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-12-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2788233?pdf=render