Role of fatty infiltration in pathology of malaria.
Blood induced P. yoelii nigeriensis infection in Swiss mice has been found to be a very useful model for studying the process of fatty infiltration in both liver and kidney. The fatty infiltration may be due to the involvement of malaria toxins.
Bajpai
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Division of Microbiology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India.
Dutta
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D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008288:Malaria / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010967:Plasmodium yoelii; D013154:Spleen / Q000378:metabolism
D005227:Fatty Acids