α-thalassemia impairs the cytoadherence of plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Krause, Michael A ^a   Diakite, Seidina A S ^b   Lopera Mesa, Tatiana M ^a   Amaratunga, Chanaki ^a   Arie, Takayuki ^c   Traore, Karim ^b   Doumbia, Saibou ^b   Konate, Drissa ^b   Keefer, Jeffrey R ^d   Diakite, Mahamadou ^b   Fairhurst, Rick M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAMAKO   (Mali)

^c Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; HEMOGLOBIN H; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALIAN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITISM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN DEFECT; TROPHOZOITE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; MALI; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

MALIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; CELL ADHESION; ERYTHROCYTES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALI; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONOCYTES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 84862062566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037214     Document Type: Article

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