Plasmodium falciparum Associated with Severe Childhood Malaria Preferentially Expresses PfEMP1 Encoded by Group A var Genes

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 199, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1179-1190

  Jensen, Anja T R ^a,e   Magistrado, Pamela ^a   Sharp, Sarah ^b   Joergensen, Louise ^a   Lavstsen, Thomas ^a   Chiucchiuini, Antonella ^b   Salanti, Ali ^a   Vestergaard, Lasse S ^a   Lusingu, John P ^c   Hermsen, Rob ^d   Sauerwein, Robert ^d   Christensen, Jesper ^a   Nielsen, Morten A ^a   Hviid, Lars ^a   Sutherland, Colin ^b   Staalsoe, Trine ^a   Theander, Thor G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibody selection; Malaria; PfEMP1; Plasmodium falaparum; Var gene

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; MALARIA VACCINE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN MAL7P1.1; PROTEIN PFD1235W; PROTEIN PFEMP1; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROUP A VAR GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAL7P1.1 GENE; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PFD 1235W GENE; PFEMP1 GENE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VAR GENE; VSA SM GENE; VSA UM GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 2442493112     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20040274     Document Type: Article

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