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SUBMITTER: Cha SJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4548058 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cha Sung-Jae SJ Park Kiwon K Srinivasan Prakash P Schindler Christian W CW van Rooijen Nico N Stins Monique M Jacobs-Lorena Marcelo M
The Journal of experimental medicine 20150727 9
After being delivered by the bite from an infected mosquito, Plasmodium sporozoites enter the blood circulation and infect the liver. Previous evidence suggests that Kupffer cells, a macrophage-like component of the liver blood vessel lining, are traversed by sporozoites to initiate liver invasion. However, the molecular determinants of sporozoite-Kupffer cell interactions are unknown. Understanding the molecular basis for this specific recognition may lead to novel therapeutic strategies to con ...[more]