2016
Ancient human sialic acid variant restricts an emerging zoonotic malaria parasite
Dankwa S, Lim C, Bei AK, Jiang RH, Abshire JR, Patel SD, Goldberg JM, Moreno Y, Kono M, Niles JC, Duraisingh MT. Ancient human sialic acid variant restricts an emerging zoonotic malaria parasite. Nature Communications 2016, 7: 11187. PMID: 27041489, PMCID: PMC4822025, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11187.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasion ligandsSialic acid-independent pathwaysHuman RBCsZoonotic malaria parasiteAbsence of Neu5GcPlasmodium knowlesiMalaria parasitesCell surface receptorsN-glycolylneuraminic acidZoonotic parasitesSialic acid variantsSurface receptorsRBCsReceptorsNeu5GcMacaquesInvasionParasitesCMAHAcetylneuraminic acidAcid variantsHumansMalariaKnowlesi
2009
Erythrocyte invasion profiles are associated with a common invasion ligand polymorphism in Senegalese isolates of Plasmodium falciparum
LANTOS PM, AHOUIDI AD, BEI AK, JENNINGS CV, SARR O, NDIR O, WIRTH DF, MBOUP S, DURAISINGH MT. Erythrocyte invasion profiles are associated with a common invasion ligand polymorphism in Senegalese isolates of Plasmodium falciparum. Parasitology 2009, 136: 1-9. PMID: 19126266, DOI: 10.1017/s0031182008005167.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsErythrocyte receptorSialic acid-independent invasionBlood group O patientsDifferent erythrocyte receptorsGroup O patientsSenegalese isolatesParasite multiplication ratePlasmodium falciparum parasitesMultiple ligand-receptor interactionsO patientsFalciparum parasitesLarge sequence deletionsVariant expression levelParasite isolatesPlasmodium falciparumErythrocyte invasionSelectivity indexReceptorsExpression levelsMajor polymorphismsInvasionInvasion pathwaysPossible determinantsParasitesHuman erythrocytes