A subset of group A-like var genes encodes the malaria parasite ligands for binding to human brain endothelial cells
(2012)
Journal Article
Claessens, A., Adams, Y., Ghumra, A., Lindergard, G., Buchan, C. C., Andisi, C., Bull, P. C., Mok, S., Gupta, A. P., Wang, C. W., Turner, L., Arman, M., Raza, A., Bozdech, Z., & Rowe, J. A. (2012). A subset of group A-like var genes encodes the malaria parasite ligands for binding to human brain endothelial cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109(26), E1772-E1781. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1120461109
Cerebral malaria is the most deadly manifestation of infection with Plasmodium falciparum. The pathology of cerebral malaria is characterized by the accumulation of infected erythrocytes (IEs) in the microvasculature of the brain caused by parasite a... Read More about A subset of group A-like var genes encodes the malaria parasite ligands for binding to human brain endothelial cells.