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Adhesion of Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes in ex vivo perfused placental tissue: a novel model of placental malaria

BACKGROUND: Placental malaria occurs when Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes sequester in the placenta. Placental parasite isolates bind to chondroitin sulphate A (CSA) by expression of VAR2CSA on the surface of infected erythrocytes, but may sequester by other VAR2CSA mediated mechanisms,...

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Autores principales: Pehrson, Caroline, Mathiesen, Line, Heno, Kristine K., Salanti, Ali, Resende, Mafalda, Dzikowski, Ron, Damm, Peter, Hansson, Stefan R., King, Christopher L., Schneider, Henning, Wang, Christian W., Lavstsen, Thomas, Theander, Thor G., Knudsen, Lisbeth E., Nielsen, Morten A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4881162/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27230523
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1342-2