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In vitro selection for adhesion of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes to ABO antigens does not affect PfEMP1 and RIFIN expression
30 Jul 2020
Abstract excerpt
Plasmodium falciparum causes the most severe form of malaria in humans. The adhesion of the infected erythrocytes (IEs) to endothelial receptors (sequestration) and to uninfected erythrocytes (rosetting) are considered major elements in the pathogenesis of the disease. Both sequestration and rosetting appear to involve particular members of several IE variant surface antigens (VSAs) as ligands, interacting with...
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