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T cell control of malaria pathogenesis.

Division of Parasitology, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London, United Kingdom.
Current opinion in immunology (impact factor: 10.88). 05/2012; 24(4):444-8. DOI:10.1016/j.coi.2012.05.003 pp.444-8
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ABSTRACT Transmission of Plasmodium from mosquito to the mammalian host leads to a clinically silent pre-erythrocytic stage of malaria infection, and subsequent cyclical erythrocytic invasion associated with disease. Recent evidence demonstrates that it is the interplay between CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, and the regulation of their response, throughout infection that dictates immunity and the pathogenesis of malaria. The elicited T cell response is context dependent, influenced by diverse host and parasite factors, necessitating the development of a unifying model of T cell potential during Plasmodium infection. Only then can we predict their capacity to dictate the outcome of human disease.

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Philip J Spence