Abnormal PfEMP1/knob display on Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes containing hemoglobin variants: Fresh insights into malaria pathogenesis and protection

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 851-862

  Fairhurst, Rick M ^a   Bess, Cameron D ^a   Krause, Michael A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cytoadherence; Hemoglobinopathy; Malaria; Pathogenesis; PfEMP1; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; HEMOGLOBIN C; HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN S; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ADHESION; ERYTHROCYTE; GENETIC RESISTANCE; HEMOLYSIS; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELL; MICROVASCULATURE; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLEEN;

ERYTHROCYTES; HEMOGLOBINS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEPTIDES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84863836958     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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