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- Title
Mouse Models for Unravelling Immunology of Blood Stage Malaria.
- Authors
Olatunde, Adesola C.; Cornwall, Douglas H.; Roedel, Marshall; Lamb, Tracey J.
- Abstract
Malaria comprises a spectrum of disease syndromes and the immune system is a major participant in malarial disease. This is particularly true in relation to the immune responses elicited against blood stages of Plasmodium-parasites that are responsible for the pathogenesis of infection. Mouse models of malaria are commonly used to dissect the immune mechanisms underlying disease. While no single mouse model of Plasmodium infection completely recapitulates all the features of malaria in humans, collectively the existing models are invaluable for defining the events that lead to the immunopathogenesis of malaria. Here we review the different mouse models of Plasmodium infection that are available, and highlight some of the main contributions these models have made with regards to identifying immune mechanisms of parasite control and the immunopathogenesis of malaria.
- Subjects
LABORATORY mice; ANIMAL disease models; MALARIA; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA prevention
- Publication
Vaccines, 2022, Vol 10, Issue 9, p1525
- ISSN
2076-393X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/vaccines10091525