Erythrocyte-binding antigens of Plasmodium falciparum are targets of human inhibitory antibodies and function to evade naturally acquired immunity

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 785-794

  Persson, Kristina E M ^a,b   Fowkes, Freya J I ^b,c   McCallum, Fiona J ^b   Gicheru, Nimmo ^d   Reiling, Linda ^b,c   Richards, Jack S ^b,c   Wilson, Danny W ^b   Lopaticki, Sash ^b   Cowman, Alan F ^b   Marsh, Kevin ^d   Beeson, James G ^b,c,e  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE BINDING ANTIGEN; INHIBITORY ANTIBODY; MALARIA VACCINE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN FUNCTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EBA140 GENE; EBA175 GENE; EBA181 GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSECT GENETICS; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECIES INVASION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880126782     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1300444     Document Type: Article

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