Compelling evidences suggest that increased production of osteoclastogenic cytokines by activated T cells plays a relevant role in the bone loss induced by estrogen deficiency in the mouse. However,… (More)
Hemozoin (HZ)-fed monocytes are exposed to strong oxidative stress, releasing large amounts of peroxidation derivatives with subsequent impairment of numerous functions and overproduction of… (More)
Phosphorylation of erythrocyte membrane proteins has been previously documented following infection and intracellular growth of the malarial parasite, Plasmodium falciparum in red cells. Much of this… (More)
Malarial anemia involves destruction of parasitized and non-parasitized red blood cells and dyserythropoiesis. Malarial pigment, hemozoin (HZ), is possibly implicated in dyserythropoiesis. We show… (More)
Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9), secreted by activated monocytes, degrades matrix proteins, disrupts basal lamina, and activates TNF-alpha from its precursors. In turn, TNF-alpha enhances… (More)
Haemozoin (HZ, malarial pigment) is a crystalline ferriprotoporphyrin IX polymer derived from undigested host haemoglobin haem, present in late stages of Plasmodium falciparum-parasitized RBCs and in… (More)
Plasmodium falciparum-parasitized red blood cells (RBCs) are equipped with protective antioxidant enzymes and heat shock proteins (HSPs). The latter are only considered to protect against thermal… (More)
The lipid moiety of natural haemozoin (nHZ, malarial pigment) was previously shown to enhance expression and release of human monocyte matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9), and a major role for… (More)
Neuroblastoma (NB) and Ewing's sarcoma (ES) represent the most common extracranial solid tumors of childhood. Heat shock proteins (HSP) are elevated in cancer cells and their over-expression was… (More)