Recombinant Plasmodium falciparum reticulocyte homology protein 4 binds to erythrocytes and blocks invasion

D Gaur, S Singh, S Singh, L Jiang… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
Plasmodium falciparum invasion of human erythrocytes involves several parasite and
erythrocyte receptors that enable parasite invasion by multiple redundant pathways. A key …

Polymorphism in a Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte-binding Ligand Changes Its Receptor Specificity

DCG Mayer, JB Mu, X Feng, X Su… - The Journal of …, 2002 - rupress.org
Recognition of human erythrocytes by Plasmodium species depends in part on Region II of
the Duffy binding-like family of parasite ligands, which includes BA erythrocyte binding …

Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte-binding antigen 175 triggers a biophysical change in the red blood cell that facilitates invasion

M Koch, KE Wright, O Otto, M Herbig… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Invasion of the red blood cell (RBC) by the Plasmodium parasite defines the start of malaria
disease pathogenesis. To date, experimental investigations into invasion have focused …

Molecular Analysis of Erythrocyte Invasion in Plasmodium falciparum Isolates from Senegal

CV Jennings, AD Ahouidi, M Zilversmit… - Infection and …, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol
The human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, utilizes multiple ligand-receptor
interactions for the invasion of human erythrocytes. Members of the reticulocyte binding …

Identifying novel Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte invasion receptors using systematic extracellular protein interaction screens

SJ Bartholdson, C Crosnier, LY Bustamante… - Cellular …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The invasion of host erythrocytes by the parasite P lasmodium falciparum initiates the blood
stage of infection responsible for the symptoms of malaria. Invasion involves extracellular …

[HTML][HTML] Human erythrocyte band 3 functions as a receptor for the sialic acid-independent invasion of Plasmodium falciparum. Role of the RhopH3–MSP1 complex

M Baldwin, I Yamodo, R Ranjan, X Li, G Mines… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2014 - Elsevier
Plasmodium falciparum takes advantage of two broadly defined alternate invasion pathways
when infecting human erythrocytes: one that depends on and the other that is independent …

Identification of a potent combination of key Plasmodium falciparum merozoite antigens that elicit strain-transcending parasite-neutralizing antibodies

AK Pandey, KS Reddy, T Sahar, S Gupta… - Infection and …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Blood-stage malaria vaccines that target single Plasmodium falciparum antigens involved in
erythrocyte invasion have not induced optimal protection in field trials. Blood-stage malaria …

Molecular basis for sialic acid-dependent receptor recognition by the Plasmodium falciparum invasion protein erythrocyte-binding antigen-140/BAEBL

BM Malpede, DH Lin, NH Tolia - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2013 - ASBMB
Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte invasion is dependent on high affinity recognition of
sialic acid on cell surface receptors. The erythrocyte binding-like (EBL) family of invasion …

Erythrocyte-binding antigen 175 mediates invasion in Plasmodium falciparum utilizing sialic acid-dependent and -independent pathways

MT Duraisingh, AG Maier, T Triglia… - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - National Acad Sciences
The Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte-binding antigen 175 (EBA-175) is a ligand for
merozoite invasion into human erythrocytes that binds to glycophorin A in a sialic acid …

Human antibodies fix complement to inhibit Plasmodium falciparum invasion of erythrocytes and are associated with protection against malaria

MJ Boyle, L Reiling, G Feng, C Langer, FH Osier… - Immunity, 2015 - cell.com
Antibodies play major roles in immunity to malaria; however, a limited understanding of
mechanisms mediating protection is a major barrier to vaccine development. We have …