疟疾中的脾脏功能。

Lymphology. 1983 Jun;16(2):121-7.

The spleen traps parasitized erythrocytes within its unique architecture, and this trapping function is modified during plasmodium infestation. Splenectomy dramatically exacerbates the course of experimental malarias probably through elimination of activated cordal macrophages responsible for killing intraerythrocytic plasmodia.

脾脏在其独特的结构中捕获被寄生的红细胞，并且这种捕获功能在疟原虫感染期间会发生改变。脾切除术可能通过消除负责杀死红细胞内疟原虫的活化边缘巨噬细胞，极大地加剧实验性疟疾的病程。