Malaria: biology and disease

AF Cowman, J Healer, D Marapana, K Marsh - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Malaria has been a major global health problem of humans through history and is a leading
cause of death and disease across many tropical and subtropical countries. Over the last …

Merozoite surface proteins in red blood cell invasion, immunity and vaccines against malaria

JG Beeson, DR Drew, MJ Boyle, G Feng… - FEMS microbiology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Malaria accounts for an enormous burden of disease globally, with Plasmodium falciparum
accounting for the majority of malaria, and P. vivax being a second important cause …

Multifarious roles of sialic acids in immunity

A Varki, P Gagneux - Annals of the New York Academy of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Sialic acids are a diverse family of monosaccharides widely expressed on all cell surfaces of
vertebrates and so‐called “higher” invertebrates, and on certain bacteria that interact with …

The cellular and molecular basis for malaria parasite invasion of the human red blood cell

AF Cowman, D Berry, J Baum - Journal of cell Biology, 2012 - rupress.org
Malaria is a major disease of humans caused by protozoan parasites from the genus
Plasmodium. It has a complex life cycle; however, asexual parasite infection within the blood …

The pathogenic basis of malaria

LH Miller, DI Baruch, K Marsh, OK Doumbo - Nature, 2002 - nature.com
Malaria is today a disease of poverty and underdeveloped countries. In Africa, mortality
remains high because there is limited access to treatment in the villages. We should follow …

The large diverse gene family var encodes proteins involved in cytoadherence and antigenic variation of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes

X Su, VM Heatwole, SP Wertheimer, F Guinet… - Cell, 1995 - cell.com
The human malaria parasite Plasmodium faiciparum evades host immunity by varying the
antigenic and adhesive character of infected erythrocytes. We describe a large and …

Switches in expression of Plasmodium falciparum var genes correlate with changes in antigenic and cytoadherent phenotypes of infected erythrocytes

JD Smith, CE Chitnis, AG Craig, DJ Roberts… - Cell, 1995 - cell.com
Plasmodium falciparum expresses on the host erythrocyte surface clonally variant antigens
and ligands that mediate adherence to endothelial receptors. Both are central to …

Plasmodium vivax clinical malaria is commonly observed in Duffy-negative Malagasy people

D Ménard, C Barnadas, C Bouchier… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Malaria therapy, experimental, and epidemiological studies have shown that erythrocyte
Duffy blood group-negative people, largely of African ancestry, are resistant to erythrocyte …

Receptor and Ligand Domains for Invasion of Erythrocytes by Plasmodium falciparum

BKL Sim, CE Chitnis, K Wasniowska, TJ Hadley… - Science, 1994 - science.org
A 175-kilodalton erythrocyte binding protein, EBA-175, of the parasite Plasmodium
falciparum mediates the invasion of erythrocytes. The erythrocyte receptor for EBA-175 is …

Identification of the erythrocyte binding domains of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium knowlesi proteins involved in erythrocyte invasion.

CE Chitnis, LH Miller - The Journal of experimental medicine, 1994 - rupress.org
Plasmodium vivax and the related monkey malaria, P. knowlesi, require interaction with the
Duffy blood group antigen, a receptor for a family of chemokines that includes interleukin 8 …