Phenotype and function of IL-10-producing NK cells in individuals with malaria experience.

ABSTRACT: P.falciparum infection can trigger high levels of inflammation that lead to fever and sometimes severe disease. People living in malaria-endemic areas gradually develop resistance to symptomatic malaria and control both parasite numbers and the inflammatory response. We previously found that adaptive NK cells correlated with reduced parasite load and protection from symptoms. We also found that murine NK cell production of IL-10 protected mice from experimental cerebral malaria. Human NK cells can also secrete IL-10, but it is unknown what NK cell subsets produce IL-10 or if this is affected by malaria experience. We hypothesized that NK cell immunoregulation may lower inflammation and reduce fever induction. Here, we showed that NK cells from participants with malaria experience make sign

SUBMITTER: McNitt SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12128992 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature