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PHAGOCYTOSIS OF DIFFERENT STAGES OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM GAMETOCYTES BY BONE MARROW MACROPHAGES
Vol 32, Issue 4S1, 2018
Abstract
Gametocytes (GCT), the sexual stage of malaria parasites, develop in five stages (I-V). Stages I-IVare predominantly sequestered and differentiate in the extravascular compartment of the bone marrow,while stage V are released in the circulation from where they are taken up by a mosquito during a bloodmeal, causing malaria transmission. Few information are available about the role of the innate immunityagainst GCT. The aim of this work was to set up a model to study of the ability of P. falciparum (Pf) GCTto activate and be phagocytised by bone marrow macrophages.
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Medical Genetics, University of Torino Medical School, Italy

Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University of Milan, Italy