Structural basis for trypanosomal haem acquisition and susceptibility to the host innate immune system.
Stdkilde, K., Torvund-Jensen, M., Moestrup, S.K., Andersen, C.B.(2014) Nat Commun 5: 5487-5487
- PubMed: 25410714 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms6487
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4WJG - PubMed Abstract: 
Sleeping sickness is caused by trypanosome parasites, which infect humans and livestock in Sub-Saharan Africa. Haem is an important growth factor for the parasites and is acquired from the host by receptor-mediated uptake of haptoglobin (Hp)-haemoglobin (Hb) complexes ...