Differential PfEMP1 Expression Is Associated with Cerebral Malaria Pathology
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Differential PfEMP1 Expression Is Associated with Cerebral Malaria Pathology
Plasmodium falciparum is unique among human malarias in its ability to sequester in post-capillary venules of host organs. The main variant antigens implicated are the P. falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1), which can be divided into three major groups (A-C). Our study was a unique examination of sequestered populations of parasites for genetic background and expression of PfEMP1...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Pathogens
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1553-7374
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004537