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SUBMITTER: Surachetpong W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3042311 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Surachetpong Win W Pakpour Nazzy N Cheung Kong Wai KW Luckhart Shirley S
Antioxidants & redox signaling 20110118 6
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been implicated in direct killing of pathogens, increased tissue damage, and regulation of immune signaling pathways in mammalian cells. Available research suggests that analogous phenomena affect the establishment of Plasmodium infection in Anopheles mosquitoes. We have previously shown that provision of human insulin in a blood meal leads to increased ROS levels in Anopheles stephensi. Here, we demonstrate that provision of human insulin significantly increas ...[more]