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Malaria is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in developing countries. Accurate and complete diagnosis is key for effective treatment of the disease. However, mainstream malaria diagnostic techniques...
Malaria is one of the leading killer diseases in sub-Saharan Africa. Although the disease is curable, early and accurate diagnosis is key to effective therapy. Existing malaria diagnostic techniques have low detection...
Supported by the Institute of Research and Development,Walailak University,Nakhon Si Thammarat,Thailand
During malaria infection,elevated levels of pro-inflammatory mediators and nitric;oxide production have been associated with pathogenesis and disease severity.Previous in vitro and in vivo studies have proposed that b...
supported by University of Torino Intramural Funds to GG and by grants to MP from the Compagnia di San Paolo,Torino,in the context of the Italian Malaria Network
Objective:To investigate the effect of malarial pigment(hemozoin,HZ) on expression of heat shock proteins(HSPs) and cell viability in human monocytes by using a stable cell line(THP-1 cells).Methods:THP-1 cells were f...
supported by the Compagnia di San Paolo-IMI grants to MP in the context of the Italian Malaria Network
More than 2 billion people are at risk of malaria,which primarily affects poor populations in tropical and subtropical areas,including Southern Asia.As malaria incidence has been reduced strongly in some parts of ende...
supported in the context of the Italian Malaria Network by grants from Compagnia di San Paolo-IMI and from Regione Piemonte,Ricerca Sanitaria Finalizzata 2008bis to PA
Objective:To investigate whether the increase of tumor necrosis factor alpha is dependent on lipidic component of malarial pigment.Methods:Adherent human monocytes were fed for 3 hours with different meals(native hemo...
supported in the context of the Italian Malaria Network by grants from Compagnia di San Paolo-IMI;the University of Torino Intramural Funds;Regione Piemonte,Ricerca Sanitaria Finalizzata 2007 to PA
Objective:Avidly phagocytosed hemozoin(malarial pigment) alters several functions of human monocytes and stimulates generation of several cytokines.Recently,we showed that phagocytosis of hemozoin by human monocytes i...