Pathogenesis of cerebral malaria-inflammation and cytoadherence

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Storm, Janet ^a,b   Craig, Alister G ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Cerebral malaria; Endothelium dysfunction; Histopathology; Inflammation; PfEMP1

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL PROTEIN C RECEPTOR; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; ERYTHROPOIETIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LEVAMISOLE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN VARIANT; RETINOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BLOOD CLOTTING; CELL ADHESION; CEREBRAL MALARIA; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SHORT SURVEY; ENDOTHELIUM; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

BIOMARKERS; CELL ADHESION; ENDOTHELIUM; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84987985154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2014.00100     Document Type: Short Survey

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