RIFINs are adhesins implicated in severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
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Summary, in English
Rosetting is a virulent Plasmodium falciparum phenomenon associated with severe malaria. Here we demonstrate that P. falciparum-encoded repetitive interspersed families of polypeptides (RIFINs) are expressed on the surface of infected red blood cells (iRBCs), where they bind to RBCs-preferentially of blood group A-to form large rosettes and mediate microvascular binding of iRBCs. We suggest that RIFINs have a fundamental role in the development of severe malaria and thereby contribute to the varying global distribution of ABO blood groups in the human population.
Publiceringsår
2015
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
314-317
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Nature Medicine
Volym
21
Issue
4
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Nature Publishing Group
Ämne
- Hematology
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Transfusion Medicine
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1546-170X