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Association of the endothelial protein C receptor (PROCR) rs867186-G allele with protection from severe malaria.
Malaria journal - 17 Mar 2014
Naka Izumi, Patarapotikul Jintana, Hananantachai Hathairad, Imai Hiroo, Ohashi Jun
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BACKGROUND: Cytoadhesion of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes to endothelial cells in microvessels is a remarkable characteristic of severe malaria. The endothelial protein C receptor (EPCR), encoded by the endothelial protein C receptor gene (PROCR), has recently been identified as an endothelial receptor for specific P. falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) subtypes containing domain...
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