Malaria: Modification of the red blood cell and consequences in the human host

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 670-679

  Moxon, Christopher A ^a,b   Grau, George E ^c   Craig, Alister G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebral malaria; P. falciparum; PfEMP1; RBC polymorphisms; Sequestration

Indexed keywords

CD36 ANTIGEN; CRYOPYRIN; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; INFLAMMASOME; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; PROTEIN KINASE LYN; PROTEIN KINASE SYK; THROMBIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR CLEAVING PROTEINASE;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BLOOD CLOTTING; BRAIN MALARIA; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SIZE; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTICITY; ELLIPTOCYTOSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE ADHESIVENESS; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; GENOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; LIFE CYCLE; MEMBRANE MICROPARTICLE; MEROZOITE; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SPOROZOITE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; UPREGULATION;

CEREBRAL MALARIA; P. FALCIPARUM; PFEMP1; RBC POLYMORPHISMS; SEQUESTRATION;

ANIMALS; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 80052266051     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08755.x     Document Type: Review

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