A restricted subset of var genes mediates adherence of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes to brain endothelial cells

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 26, 2012, Pages

  Avril, Marion ^a   Tripathi, Abhai K ^b   Brazier, Andrew J ^a   Andisi, Cheryl ^c   Janes, Joel H ^a,d   Soma, Vijaya L ^a   Sullivan, David J ^b   Bull, Peter C ^c,e   Stins, Monique F ^f   Smith, Joseph D ^a,d  

^a SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; Cytoadhesion; Parasite ligand

Indexed keywords

CD36 ANTIGEN; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; PROTEIN; TANDEM DOMAIN CASSETTE 8 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE ADHESIVENESS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84862979108     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1120534109     Document Type: Article

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