Malaria Parasites Hijack Host Receptors From Exosomes to Capture Lipoproteins

Malaria parasites cannot multiply in host erythrocytes without cholesterol because they lack complete sterol biosynthesis systems. This suggests parasitized red blood cells (pRBCs) need to capture host sterols, but its mechanism remains unknown. Here we identified a novel high-density lipoprotein (H...

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Main Authors: Naoyuki Iso-o, Keisuke Komatsuya, Fuyuki Tokumasu, Noriko Isoo, Tomohiro Ishigaki, Hiroshi Yasui, Hiroshi Yotsuyanagi, Masumi Hara, Kiyoshi Kita
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/35b4fa923b6744ca8196c1975c19e9bb
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