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TWiP 43: Two remarkable host-parasite conflicts

  • August 23, 2012
  • Tagged as: adenylate cyclase, innate immunity, malaria, miRNA, parasite, parasitism, Plasmodium falciparum, sickle cell, Trypanosoma brucei, trypanosome

Vincent and Dickson review how sickle cell microRNAs contribute to malaria resistance, and inhibition of innate immune responses by an enzyme from trypanosomes.

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