ImmunologybioRxiv
Plasmodium-encoded murine IL-6 impairs liver stage infection and elicits long-lasting sterilizing immunity
S. Belhimeur, S. Briquet, R. Peronet…·S. MECHERI
This study shows that Plasmodium parasites engineered to express murine IL-6 fail to progress to blood stage infection and induce long-lasting CD8+ T cell-mediated immunity.