Innate immune responses to Plasmodium falciparum disrupt the blood-brain barrier
Alina Batzilla, Pia Dernick, Jon Bezney, Andreas R. Gschwind, Fumio Nakaki, Mireia Altadill, Hannah Fleckenstein, Livia Piatti, Sílvia Sanz, Manuel Fiegl, Olawunmi Rashidat Oyerinde, Borja López-Gutiérrez, Miguel López‐Botet, James A. Sharpe, Lars Michael Steinmetz, , Maria Bernabeu
The paper investigates how innate immune responses to Plasmodium falciparum contribute to blood-brain barrier disruption in cerebral malaria using an in vitro model.
bioRxiv · Oct 20, 2025 · PreprintImmunology