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Identification of a <i>Plasmodium falciparum</i> intercellular adhesion molecule-1 binding domain: A parasite adhesion trait implicated in cerebral malaria
4 Feb 2000
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Binding of infected erythrocytes to brain venules is a central pathogenic event in the lethal malaria disease complication, cerebral malaria. The only parasite adhesion trait linked to cerebral sequestration is binding to intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1). In this report, we show that Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) binds ICAM-1. We have cloned and expressed PfEMP1...
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