Szalai Alexander J, Barnum Scott R, Ramos Theresa N
Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA.
Department of Microbiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Sep;108(9):591-3. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/tru098. Epub 2014 Jul 7.
C-reactive protein (CRP) level correlates with parasitemia and severity of malaria, but whether this reflects causality remains unknown.
Using CRP-transgenic and CRP-deficient mice we compared the onset and severity of experimental cerebral malaria (ECM) induced by Plasmodium berghei ANKA (PbA).
CRP-deficient mice were most resistant to ECM.
CRP might contribute to the development of cerebral malaria, rather than protect against it.
C反应蛋白(CRP)水平与疟原虫血症及疟疾严重程度相关,但这是否反映因果关系尚不清楚。
我们使用CRP转基因小鼠和CRP缺陷小鼠,比较了伯氏疟原虫ANKA株(PbA)诱导的实验性脑型疟疾(ECM)的发病情况和严重程度。
CRP缺陷小鼠对ECM最具抵抗力。
CRP可能促成脑型疟疾的发展,而非起到预防作用。