Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 834326, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2010/834326
Research Article
Tomatine Adjuvantation of Protective Immunity to a Major Pre-erythrocytic Vaccine Candidate of Malaria is Mediated via CD8+ T Cell Release of IFN-γ
1Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
2Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5YW, UK
Received 1 August 2009; Revised 26 October 2009; Accepted 8 January 2010
Academic Editor: Abhay R. Satoskar
Copyright © 2010 Karen G. Heal and Andrew W. Taylor-Robinson. This is an open access article distributed under the
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