Intimate Molecular Interactions of P. falciparum Merozoite Proteins Involved in Invasion of Red Blood Cells and Their Implications for Vaccine Design

LE Rodriguez, H Curtidor, M Urquiza… - Chemical …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Intimate Molecular Interactions of P. falciparum Merozoite Proteins Involved in Invasion of Red
Blood Cells and Their Implications for Vaccine Design | Chemical Reviews ACS ACS …

Molecular and cellular interactions defining the tropism of Plasmodium vivax for reticulocytes

U Kanjee, GW Rangel, MA Clark… - Current opinion in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•P. vivax has multiple and novel invasion ligand families (PvDBPs, PvRBPs,
PvTRAgs).•PvDBP binds to DARC.•PvRBP2b binds to the reticulocyte-tropic transferrin …

[HTML][HTML] Zoonotic Malaria: Non-Laverania Plasmodium Biology and Invasion Mechanisms

JW Hang, F Tukijan, EQH Lee, SR Abdeen, Y Aniweh… - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Malaria, which is caused by Plasmodium parasites through Anopheles mosquito
transmission, remains one of the most life-threatening diseases affecting hundreds of …

[HTML][HTML] Determining the Plasmodium vivax VCG-1 strain blood stage proteome

DA Moreno-Perez, R Degano, N Ibarrola, A Muro… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Plasmodium vivax is the second most prevalent parasite species causing malaria in humans
living in tropical and subtropical areas throughout the world. There have been few P. vivax …

[HTML][HTML] The Plasmodium vivax rhoptry neck protein 5 is expressed in the apical pole of Plasmodium vivax VCG-1 strain schizonts and binds to human reticulocytes

G Arévalo-Pinzón, M Bermúdez, H Curtidor… - Malaria journal, 2015 - Springer
Background Different proteins derived from the membrane or the apical organelles become
involved in malarial parasite invasion of host cells. Among these, the rhoptry neck proteins …

Vaccines against Plasmodium vivax: a research challenge

MA Patarroyo, D Calderón… - Expert review of …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax continues being a public health problem in tropical
and subtropical areas throughout the whole world. In spite of this species' epidemiological …

[HTML][HTML] Pv RON2, a new Plasmodium vivax rhoptry neck antigen

G Arévalo-Pinzón, H Curtidor, LC Patiño, MA Patarroyo - Malaria journal, 2011 - Springer
Background Rhoptries are specialized organelles from parasites belonging to the phylum
Apicomplexa; they secrete their protein content during invasion of host target cells and are …

[HTML][HTML] Annotation and characterization of the Plasmodium vivax rhoptry neck protein 4 (Pv RON4)

G Arévalo-Pinzón, H Curtidor, J Abril, MA Patarroyo - Malaria journal, 2013 - Springer
Background The tight junction (TJ) is one of the most important structures established during
merozoite invasion of host cells and a large amount of proteins stored in Toxoplasma and …

Family members stick together: multi-protein complexes of malaria parasites

A Kuehn, N Simon, G Pradel - Medical microbiology and immunology, 2010 - Springer
Malaria parasites express a broad repertoire of proteins whose expression is tightly
regulated depending on the life-cycle stage of the parasite and the environment of target …

Characterisation of the Plasmodium vivax Pv38 antigen

A Mongui, DI Angel, C Guzman, M Vanegas… - Biochemical and …, 2008 - Elsevier
This study describes the identification and characterisation of Pv38, based on the available
genomic sequence of Plasmodium vivax and previous studies done with its Plasmodium …