Leishmania amazonensis Engages CD36 to Drive Parasitophorous Vacuole Maturation.

Leishmania amastigotes manipulate the activity of macrophages to favor their own success. However, very little is known about the role of innate recognition and signaling triggered by amastigotes in this host-parasite interaction. In this work we developed a new infection model in adult Drosophila t...

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Main Authors: Kendi Okuda, Mei Tong, Brian Dempsey, Kathryn J Moore, Ricardo T Gazzinelli, Neal Silverman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-06-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4900624?pdf=render