High throughput functional assays of the variant antigen PfEMP1 reveal a single domain in the 3D7 Plasmodium falciparum genome that binds ICAM1 with high affinity and is targeted by naturally acquired neutralizing antibodies.

Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes bind endothelial receptors to sequester in vascular beds, and binding to ICAM1 has been implicated in cerebral malaria. Binding to ICAM1 may be mediated by the variant surface antigen family PfEMP1: for example, 6 of 21 DBLbetaC2 domains from the IT4 strai...
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Andrew V Oleinikov [verfasserIn]

Emily Amos [verfasserIn]

Isaac Tyler Frye [verfasserIn]

Eddie Rossnagle [verfasserIn]

Theonest K Mutabingwa [verfasserIn]

Michal Fried [verfasserIn]

Patrick E Duffy [verfasserIn]

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E-Artikel

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Englisch

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2009

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In: PLoS Pathogens - Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2005, 5(2009), 4, p e1000386

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volume:5 ; year:2009 ; number:4, p e1000386

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DOI / URN:

10.1371/journal.ppat.1000386

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DOAJ042971322

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