Antibodies can impact pathogens in the presence or in the absence of effector cells or
effector molecules such as complement, and experiments can often sort out with precision …

Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are a family of linear and negatively charged polysaccharides
that exist ubiquitously on the human cell surface as well as in the extracellular matrix. GAGs …

Malaria, a mosquito‐borne infectious disease caused by parasites of the genus Plasmodium
continues to be a major health problem worldwide. The unicellular Plasmodium‐parasites …

Proliferation and differentiation inside erythrocytes are important steps in the life cycle of
Plasmodium spp. To achieve these, the parasites export polypeptides to the surface of …

Plasmodium falciparum engineer infected erythrocytes to present the malarial protein,
VAR2CSA, which binds a distinct type chondroitin sulfate (CS) exclusively expressed in the …

Cytoadhesion of P lasmodium falciparum‐infected erythrocytes to host microvasculature is a
key virulence determinant. Parasite binding is mediated by a large family of clonally variant …

Malaria remains a major public health threat in tropical and subtropical regions across the
world. Even though less than 1% of malaria infections are fatal, this leads to about 430,000 …

Isolation of metastatic circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from cancer patients is of high value for
disease monitoring and molecular characterization. Despite the development of many new …

Malaria infected erythrocytes utilize the parasite protein VAR2CSA to bind to a unique
presentation of chondroitin sulfate (CS) for their placenta specific tropism. Interestingly …

Plasmodium falciparum causes the most severe form of malaria and is responsible for
essentially all malaria-related deaths. The accumulation in various tissues of erythrocytes …