Malaria in pregnancy: pathogenesis and immunity

SJ Rogerson, L Hviid, PE Duffy, RFG Leke… - The Lancet infectious …, 2007 - thelancet.com
Understanding of the biological basis for susceptibility to malaria in pregnancy was recently
advanced by the discovery that erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium falciparum …

[HTML][HTML] Full-length recombinant Plasmodium falciparum VAR2CSA binds specifically to CSPG and induces potent parasite adhesion-blocking antibodies

P Khunrae, M Dahlbäck, MA Nielsen… - Journal of molecular …, 2010 - Elsevier
Plasmodium falciparum malaria remains one of the world's leading causes of human
suffering and poverty. Each year, the disease takes 1–3 million lives, mainly in sub-Saharan …

[HTML][HTML] Establishment and validation of a plasma oncofetal chondroitin sulfated proteoglycan for pan-cancer detection

PF Zhang, ZY Wu, WB Zhang, YQ He, K Chen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Various biomarkers targeting cell-free DNA (cfDNA) and circulating proteins have been
tested for pan-cancer detection. Oncofetal chondroitin sulfate (ofCS), which distinctively …

Pregnancy-associated malaria: parasite binding, natural immunity and vaccine development

B Gamain, JD Smith, NK Viebig, J Gysin… - International journal for …, 2007 - Elsevier
Humans living in areas of high malaria transmission gradually acquire, during the early
years of life, protective clinical immunity to Plasmodium falciparum, limiting serious …

[HTML][HTML] Surface Co-Expression of Two Different PfEMP1 Antigens on Single Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Erythrocytes Facilitates Binding to ICAM1 and PECAM1

L Joergensen, DC Bengtsson, A Bengtsson… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
The Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) antigens play a
major role in cytoadhesion of infected erythrocytes (IE), antigenic variation, and immunity to …

[HTML][HTML] Var2CSA minimal CSA binding region is located within the N-terminal region

A Srivastava, S Gangnard, S Dechavanne, F Amirat… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Var2CSA, a key molecule linked with pregnancy-associated malaria (PAM), causes
sequestration of Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes (PEs) in the placenta by …

Human pregnancy‐associated malaria‐specific B cells target polymorphic, conformational epitopes in VAR2CSA: This article became available OnlineOpen after it …

L Barfod, NL Bernasconi, M Dahlbäck… - Molecular …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Pregnancy‐associated malaria (PAM) is caused by Plasmodium falciparum‐infected
erythrocytes (IEs) that bind to chondroitin sulphate A (CSA) in the placenta by PAM …

Induction of Adhesion-Inhibitory Antibodies against Placental Plasmodium falciparum Parasites by Using Single Domains of VAR2CSA

MA Nielsen, VV Pinto, M Resende… - Infection and …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
In areas of endemicity pregnancy-associated malaria is an important cause of maternal
anemia, stillbirth, and delivery of low-birth-weight children. The syndrome is precipitated by …

[HTML][HTML] Oxidative insult can induce malaria-protective trait of sickle and fetal erythrocytes

M Cyrklaff, S Srismith, B Nyboer, K Burda… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Plasmodium falciparum infections can cause severe malaria, but not every infected person
develops life-threatening complications. In particular, carriers of the structural …

[HTML][HTML] High avidity antibodies to full-length VAR2CSA correlate with absence of placental malaria

YL Tutterrow, A Salanti, M Avril, JD Smith, IS Pagano… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
VAR2CSA mediates sequestration of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes in the
placenta, increasing the risk of poor pregnancy outcomes. Naturally acquired antibodies …