| Literature DB >> 8418060 |
L Rénia1, D Xia, D Samols, V Nussenzweig.
Abstract
Human and rat C-reactive proteins, major acute-phase reactants, bind to sporozoites and inhibit their in vitro development in hepatocytes (A. Nussler, S. Pied, M. Pontet, F. Miltgen, L. Renia, M. Gentilini, and D. Mazier, Exp. Parasitol. 72:1-7, 1991, and S. Pied, A. Nussler, M. Pontet, F. Miltgen, H. Matile, P.-H. Lambert, and D. Mazier, Infect. Immun. 57:278-282, 1989). We show here that rabbit C-reactive protein has identical properties. Nevertheless, infection by Plasmodium yoelii sporozoites was not prevented in transgenic mice engineered to express rabbit C-reactive protein following induction of gluconeogenesis.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8418060 PMCID: PMC302728 DOI: 10.1128/iai.61.1.348-349.1993
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441