Plasmodium falciparum uses gC1qR/HABP1/p32 as a receptor to bind to vascular endothelium and for platelet-mediated clumping.

The ability of Plasmodium falciparum-infected red blood cells (IRBCs) to bind to vascular endothelium, thus enabling sequestration in vital host organs, is an important pathogenic mechanism in malaria. Adhesion of P. falciparum IRBCs to platelets, which results in the formation of IRBC clumps, is an...

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Autores principales: Anup Kumar Biswas, Abdul Hafiz, Bhaswati Banerjee, Kwang Sik Kim, Kasturi Datta, Chetan E Chitnis
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Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007
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