Human vascular endothelial cell adhesion receptors for plasmoclium falciparum-infected erythrocytes: Roles for endothelial leukocyte adhesion molecule 1 and vascular cell adhesion molecule 1

• Main Authors: Christian F. Ockenhouse, Tatsuya Tegoshi, Yoshimasa Maeno, Christopher Benjamin, May Ho, Khin Ei Kan, Ye Thway, Kyan Win, Masamichi Aikawa, Roy R. Lobb
• Other Authors: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/22293
• Institution: Mahidol University

The clinical complications associated with severe and cerebral malaria occur as a result of the intravascular mechanical obstruction of erythrocytes infected with the asexual stages of the parasite, Plasmodiumfakiparum. We now report that a primary P.fakiparum-infected erythrocyte (parasitized red b...