Apolipoprotein L1 Variant Associated with Increased Susceptibility to Trypanosome Infection

Apolipoprotein L1 Variant Associated with Increased Susceptibility to Trypanosome Infection

ABSTRACT African trypanosomes, except Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, which cause human African trypanosomiasis, are lysed by the human serum protein apolipoprotein L1 (ApoL1). These two subspecies can resist human ApoL1 because they express the serum resistance prot...

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Main Authors: Bart Cuypers, Laurence Lecordier, Conor J. Meehan, Frederik Van den Broeck, Hideo Imamura, Philippe Büscher, Jean-Claude Dujardin, Kris Laukens, Achim Schnaufer, Caroline Dewar, Michael Lewis, Oliver Balmer, Thomas Azurago, Sardick Kyei-Faried, Sally-Ann Ohene, Boateng Duah, Prince Homiah, Ebenezer Kofi Mensah, Francis Anleah, Jose Ramon Franco, Etienne Pays, Stijn Deborggraeve
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Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016
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Microbiology
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/16ed32b2f6534b7296f6ac0683f6f5da
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