Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Elicits Inflammatory Responses that Dysregulate Placental Amino Acid Transport

Philippe Boeuf; Elizabeth H. Aitken; Upeksha Chandrasiri; Caroline Lin Lin Chua; Bernie McInerney; Leon McQuade; Michael Duffy; Malcolm Molyneux; Graham Brown; Jocelyn Glazier; Stephen J. Rogerson

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1003153

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Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Elicits Inflammatory Responses that Dysregulate Placental Amino Acid Transport

Philippe Boeuf ,

* E-mail: pboeuf@unimelb.edu.au

Affiliations The University of Melbourne, Department of Medicine (RMH), Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Elizabeth H. Aitken,

Affiliation The University of Melbourne, Department of Medicine (RMH), Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Upeksha Chandrasiri,

Affiliation The University of Melbourne, Department of Medicine (RMH), Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Caroline Lin Lin Chua,

Affiliation The University of Melbourne, Department of Medicine (RMH), Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Bernie McInerney,

Affiliation Australian Proteome Analysis Facility (APAF), Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Leon McQuade,

Affiliation Australian Proteome Analysis Facility (APAF), Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Michael Duffy,

Affiliations The University of Melbourne, Department of Medicine (RMH), Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Malcolm Molyneux,

Affiliations Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi, School of Tropical Medicine and University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Graham Brown,

Affiliations The University of Melbourne, Department of Medicine (RMH), Parkville, Victoria, Australia, The Nossal Institute for Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Jocelyn Glazier,

Affiliation Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre, University of Manchester, St. Mary's Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Stephen J. Rogerson

Affiliations The University of Melbourne, Department of Medicine (RMH), Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Elicits Inflammatory Responses that Dysregulate Placental Amino Acid Transport

Philippe Boeuf,
Elizabeth H. Aitken,
Upeksha Chandrasiri,
Caroline Lin Lin Chua,
Bernie McInerney,
Leon McQuade,
Michael Duffy,
Malcolm Molyneux,
Graham Brown,
Jocelyn Glazier

Published: February 7, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003153

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