Malaria's deadly grip: Cytoadhesion of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1976-1983

  Smith, Joseph D ^a,b   Rowe, J Alexandra ^c   Higgins, Matthew K ^d   Lavstsen, Thomas ^e,f  

^a SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIAL PROTEIN C RECEPTOR; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1;

ANEMIA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; AVIAN MALARIA; B LYMPHOCYTE; BINDING KINETICS; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE ADHESIVENESS; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LEUKOCYTE; LIGAND BINDING; MACROPHAGE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELL; MICROVASCULATURE; MONOCYTE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; ROSETTE FORMATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CELL ADHESION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; ROSETTE FORMATION;

EID: 84887615340     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12183     Document Type: Review

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