Iron overload in Plasmodium berghei-infected placenta as a pathogenesis mechanism of fetal death

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 5 JUL, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Penha Gonçalves, Carlos ^a   Gozzelino, Raffaella ^a   de Moraes, Luciana V ^a  

^a INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fetal death; Heme; Iron; Pregnancy malaria; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

HEME;

ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE; FETUS DEATH; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; IRON BALANCE; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON INTAKE; IRON METABOLISM; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLACENTA MALARIA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI INFECTION; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 84904758022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2014.00155     Document Type: Article

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