| Literature DB >> 20637890 |
Marina T Shio1, Fikregabrail A Kassa, Marie-Josée Bellemare, Martin Olivier.
Abstract
Malaria is an infectious disease caused by parasites of the genus Plasmodium. This intraerythrocytic protozoan produces hemozoin (HZ), an insoluble crystalline metabolite resulting from the heme detoxification mechanism. This review will focus on HZ biosynthesis and synthetic preparation, but in particular on its effect on host's innate inflammatory responses.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20637890 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2010.07.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Microbes Infect ISSN: 1286-4579 Impact factor: 2.700