Differential PfEMP1 Expression Is Associated with Cerebral Malaria Pathology

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Tembo, Dumizulu L ^a,b   Nyoni, Benjamin ^a   Murikoli, Rekah V ^a   Mukaka, Mavuto ^a,b   Milner, Danny A ^a,c,d   Berriman, Matthew ^e   Rogerson, Stephen J ^f   Taylor, Terrie E ^a,g   Molyneux, Malcolm E ^a,b   Mandala, Wilson L ^a   Craig, Alister G ^b   Montgomery, Jacqui ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; GENOMIC DNA; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN MALARIA; CELL ADHESION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UPREGULATION; ADOLESCENT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INFANT; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 84919663412     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004537     Document Type: Article

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