Molecular group:
Cytokines and receptors
Molecule/Cell:
LTa
Plasmodium strain:
Plasmodium berghei ANKA
pRBC infection titer:
10^6
Mouse genetic background (Con):
C57BL/6
Level of backcrossing:
Backcrossed for at least 10 generations
Experimental treatment group (EG):
LTa -/-
Lethal infection (Con):
yes
Lethal infection (EG):
yes
Pathology (Con):
CM (100%)
Pathology (EG):
CM (25%)
Parasitemia (EG vs Con):
N.I.
Additional phenotypes (EG vs Con):
No neurological symptoms; similar thrombocytopenia and neutrophilia; ↓ anemia and lymphopenia; ↓ ICAM-1 in brain; ↓ inflammation and edema and similar parasite sequestration in lung; similar hemozoin deposition and parasite sequestration in liver
Refs:
Togbe et al., 2007, Am J Pathol
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