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Characterization of a novel trypanosome lytic factor from human serumJ Raper
Departments of Medical and Molecular Parasitology, New York University Medical School, New York, New York 10010, USA
Infect Immun 67:1910-6. 1999..Characterization of TLF2 reveals that it is a 1,000-kDa protein complex containing mainly immunoglobulin M, apoA-I, and Hpr but less than 1% detectable lipid...
Trypanosome lytic factors: novel mediators of human innate immunityJ Raper
Department of Medical and Molecular Parasitology, New York University School of Medicine, 341 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010, USA
Curr Opin Microbiol 4:402-8. 2001..The mechanism of trypanolysis is unknown; contrary to one hypothesis, TLF does not kill trypanosomes by generating oxygen radicals. However, these trypanosomes become human-infective when they express a serum-resistance-associated gene...
