Background: This study investigated the in vitro activities of naphthoquinones and artemisinin contained extracts obtained from Arnebia densiflora Artemisia annua plants against peripheral blood mononuclear cells infected with Theileria annulata schizonts. For this purpose, n-hexane extract A. petroleum ether methanol were obtained. Methods: Non-infected cultivated 2×106 seeded each well 0.5 ml...

Annulate lamellae (AL) have been observed many times over the years on electron micrographs of rapidly dividing cells, but little is known about these unusual organelles consisting stacked sheets endoplasmic reticulum-derived membranes with nuclear pore complexes (NPCs). Evidence growing for a role AL in viral infection. early life cycles hepatitis C virus (HCV) and, more recently, severe acute...