Itaconate as a potential target for antimalarial therapy.

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Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA; Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA. Electronic address:

Published: April 2024

In a recent publication, Ramalho et al. investigated monocyte-derived dendritic cell (MODC) mobilization in response to Plasmodium infection. The authors showed that elevated levels of itaconate in MODCs results in reduced CD8 T cell activation and that the absence of itaconate is associated with enhanced parasite control.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10994723PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2024.03.003DOI Listing

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