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Antibodies to Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1-Binding Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane Protein 1-DBLβ Are Biomarkers of Protective Immunity to Malaria in a Cohort of Young Children from Papua New Guinea.
Infection and immunity - 1 Aug 2018
Tessema Sofonias K, Utama Digjaya, Chesnokov Olga, Hodder Anthony N, Lin Clara S, Harrison G L Abby, Jespersen Jakob S, Petersen Bent, Tavul Livingstone, Siba Peter, Kwiatkowski Dominic, Lavstsen Thomas, Hansen Diana S, Oleinikov Andrew V, Mueller Ivo, Barry Alyssa E
Abstract excerpt
Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) mediates parasite sequestration to the cerebral microvasculature via binding of DBLβ domains to intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM1) and is associated with severe cerebral malaria. In a cohort of 187 young children from Papua New Guinea (PNG), we examined baseline levels of antibody to the ICAM1-binding PfEMP1 domain, DBLβ3PF11_0521, in comparison...
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