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Control of Disease Tolerance to Malaria by Nitric Oxide and Carbon Monoxide
Jeney, Viktória; Ramos, Susana; Bergman, Marie-Louise; Bechmann, Ingo; Tischer, Jasmin; Ferreira, Ana; Oliveira-Marques, Virginia; Janse, Chris J.Nitric oxide (NO) and carbon monoxide (CO) are gasotransmitters that suppress the development of severe forms of malaria associated with Plasmodium infection. Here, we addressed the mechanism underlying their protective effect against experimental cerebral malaria (ECM), a severe form of malaria that develops in Plasmodium-infected mice, which resembles, in many aspects, human cerebral malaria (CM). NO suppress...
Date: 2014
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