2022
Plasmodium infection is associated with cross-reactive antibodies to carbohydrate epitopes on the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein
Lapidus S, Liu F, Casanovas-Massana A, Dai Y, Huck J, Lucas C, Klein J, Filler R, Strine M, Sy M, Deme A, Badiane A, Dieye B, Ndiaye I, Diedhiou Y, Mbaye A, Diagne C, Vigan-Womas I, Mbengue A, Sadio B, Diagne M, Moore A, Mangou K, Diallo F, Sene S, Pouye M, Faye R, Diouf B, Nery N, Costa F, Reis M, Muenker M, Hodson D, Mbarga Y, Katz B, Andrews J, Campbell M, Srivathsan A, Kamath K, Baum-Jones E, Faye O, Sall A, Vélez J, Cappello M, Wilson M, Ben-Mamoun C, Tedder R, McClure M, Cherepanov P, Somé F, Dabiré R, Moukoko C, Ouédraogo J, Boum Y, Shon J, Ndiaye D, Wisnewski A, Parikh S, Iwasaki A, Wilen C, Ko A, Ring A, Bei A. Plasmodium infection is associated with cross-reactive antibodies to carbohydrate epitopes on the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein. Scientific Reports 2022, 12: 22175. PMID: 36550362, PMCID: PMC9778468, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-26709-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCross-reactive antibodiesSARS-CoV-2Positive SARS-CoV-2 antibody resultsPositive SARS-CoV-2 antibodiesSARS-CoV-2 reactivitySARS-CoV-2 antibodiesAcute malaria infectionSpike proteinAntibody test resultsPre-pandemic samplesMalaria-endemic countriesPopulation-level immunityMalaria-endemic regionsSpike S1 subunitNon-endemic countriesSARS-CoV-2 spike proteinSARS-CoV-2 proteinsPopulation-level exposureCOVID-19 transmissionMalaria exposureFalse-positive resultsMalaria infectionDisease burdenPlasmodium infectionAntibody results
2011
Basigin is a receptor essential for erythrocyte invasion by Plasmodium falciparum
Crosnier C, Bustamante LY, Bartholdson SJ, Bei AK, Theron M, Uchikawa M, Mboup S, Ndir O, Kwiatkowski DP, Duraisingh MT, Rayner JC, Wright GJ. Basigin is a receptor essential for erythrocyte invasion by Plasmodium falciparum. Nature 2011, 480: 534-537. PMID: 22080952, PMCID: PMC3245779, DOI: 10.1038/nature10606.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlasmodium falciparum merozoitesInvasion of erythrocytesMalaria infectionFalciparum merozoitesAntimalarial therapeuticsP. falciparumBlood stagesPlasmodium falciparumErythrocyte invasionParasite invasionInvasionFalciparumReceptor essentialField strainsBasiginErythrocytesPfRH5VaccineInfectionAntibodies
2010
In Vitro Genetic Analysis of an Erythrocyte Determinant of Malaria Infection
Bei AK, Brugnara C, Duraisingh MT. In Vitro Genetic Analysis of an Erythrocyte Determinant of Malaria Infection. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2010, 202: 1722-1727. PMID: 20958212, PMCID: PMC3107553, DOI: 10.1086/657157.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic analysisErythrocyte determinantsSystematic functional analysisDirect genetic analysisErythrocyte biologyInvasion of erythrocytesIsogenic backgroundP. falciparum invasionGene expressionFunctional analysisParasite invasionObligatory stepLentiviral transductionHost receptorsGlycophorin ALife cyclePlasmodium falciparumCulture systemInvasionMalaria infectionUnambiguous identificationTransductionBiologyParasitesErythrocytes