Neutrophils dominate in opsonic phagocytosis of P. falciparum blood-stage merozoites and protect against febrile malaria

Garcia-Senosiain et al developed an in vitro opsonic phagocytosis (OP) assay using peripheral blood leukocytes that enabled quantification of the contribution of each phagocytic cell type in the OP of Plasmodium falciparum blood-stage merozoites, which have been associated with malaria protection. U...

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Main Authors: Asier Garcia-Senosiain, Ikhlaq Hussain Kana, Subhash Singh, Manoj Kumar Das, Morten Hanefeld Dziegiel, Sanne Hertegonne, Bright Adu, Michael Theisen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02511-5