Deficiency of a Niemann-Pick, Type C1-related Protein in Toxoplasma Is Associated with Multiple Lipidoses and Increased Pathogenicity

Bao Lige; Julia D. Romano; Veera Venkata Ratnam Bandaru; Karen Ehrenman; Jelena Levitskaya; Vera Sampels; Norman J. Haughey; Isabelle Coppens

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1002410

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Deficiency of a Niemann-Pick, Type C1-related Protein in Toxoplasma Is Associated with Multiple Lipidoses and Increased Pathogenicity

Bao Lige,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Julia D. Romano,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Veera Venkata Ratnam Bandaru,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Division of Neuroimmunology and Neurological Infections, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Karen Ehrenman,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Jelena Levitskaya,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Vera Sampels,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Norman J. Haughey,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Division of Neuroimmunology and Neurological Infections, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Isabelle Coppens

* E-mail: icoppens@jhsph.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Deficiency of a Niemann-Pick, Type C1-related Protein in Toxoplasma Is Associated with Multiple Lipidoses and Increased Pathogenicity

Bao Lige,
Julia D. Romano,
Veera Venkata Ratnam Bandaru,
Karen Ehrenman,
Jelena Levitskaya,
Vera Sampels,
Norman J. Haughey,
Isabelle Coppens

Published: December 8, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1002410

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