Recrudescent Plasmodium berghei from pregnant mice displays enhanced binding to the placenta and induces protection in multigravida

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Marinho, Claudio R F ^a,d   Neres, Rita ^a   Epiphanio, Sabrina ^b,d   Gonçalves, Lígia A ^a   Catarino, Manuela Beirão ^c   Penha Gonçalves, Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; CHONDROITIN 4 SULFATE; ENDOTHELIN 1; HEME OXYGENASE 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; INCIDENCE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MICROBIAL ADHESION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI INFECTION; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED MALARIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; RECURRENT DISEASE; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; CELL ADHESION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA; METABOLISM; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; VASCULARIZATION;

MUS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL ADHESION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRAVIDITY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALARIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PARASITEMIA; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PREGNANCY; RECURRENCE;

EID: 66249107932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005630     Document Type: Article

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