Plasmodium vivax infections of Duffy-negative erythrocytes: historically undetected or a recent adaptation?

K Gunalan, A Niangaly, MA Thera, OK Doumbo… - Trends in …, 2018 - cell.com
Plasmodium vivax is the main cause of malarial disease in Asia and South America.
Plasmodium vivax infection was thought to be absent in African populations who are Duffy …

Plasmodium vivax in vitro continuous culture: the spoke in the wheel

M Bermúdez, DA Moreno-Pérez, G Arévalo-Pinzón… - Malaria journal, 2018 - Springer
Understanding the life cycle of Plasmodium vivax is fundamental for developing strategies
aimed at controlling and eliminating this parasitic species. Although advances in omic …

A member of the tryptophan-rich protein family is required for efficient sequestration of Plasmodium berghei schizonts

JA Gabelich, J Grützke, F Kirscht, O Popp… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Protein export and host membrane remodeling are crucial for multiple Plasmodium species
to establish a niche in infected hosts. To better understand the contribution of these …

Band 3–mediated Plasmodium vivax invasion is associated with transcriptional variation in PvTRAg genes

K De Meulenaere, SK Prajapati, E Villasis… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The Plasmodium vivax reticulocyte invasion process is still poorly understood, with only a
few receptor-ligand interactions identified to date. Individuals with the Southeast Asian …

Transcriptome profiling of Plasmodium vivax in Saimiri monkeys identifies potential ligands for invasion

K Gunalan, JM Sá, RR Moraes Barros… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Unlike the case in Asia and Latin America, Plasmodium vivax infections are rare in sub-
Saharan Africa due to the absence of the Duffy blood group antigen (Duffy antigen), the only …

Complement Receptor 1 availability on red blood cell surface modulates Plasmodium vivax invasion of human reticulocytes

SK Prajapati, C Borlon, E Rovira-Vallbona… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Plasmodium vivax parasites preferentially invade reticulocyte cells in a multistep process
that is still poorly understood. In this study, we used ex vivo invasion assays and population …

Basigin interacts with Plasmodium vivax tryptophan-rich antigen PvTRAg38 as a second erythrocyte receptor to promote parasite growth

S Rathore, S Dass, D Kandari, I Kaur, M Gupta… - Journal of Biological …, 2017 - ASBMB
Elucidating the molecular mechanisms of the host-parasite interaction during red cell
invasion by Plasmodium is important for developing newer antimalarial therapeutics …

Understanding the Specific Implications of Amino Acids in the Antibody Development

A Gavade, AK Nagraj, R Patel, R Pais, P Dhanure… - The Protein …, 2024 - Springer
As the demand for immunotherapy to treat and manage cancers, infectious diseases and
other disorders grows, a comprehensive understanding of amino acids and their intricate …

Multiple Plasmodium vivax proteins of Pv-fam-a family interact with human erythrocyte receptor Band 3 and have a role in red cell invasion

MS Alam, M Zeeshan, S Rathore, YD Sharma - … and biophysical research …, 2016 - Elsevier
Elucidation of molecular mechanisms of receptor-ligand biology during host-parasite
interaction helps in developing therapeutic targets. Several Pv-fam-a family proteins of …

Molecular study of binding of Plasmodium ribosomal protein P2 to erythrocytes

P Mishra, C Dmello, D Sengupta, SC Singh, N Kirkise… - Biochimie, 2020 - Elsevier
The ribosomal protein P2 of Plasmodium falciparum,(PfP2), performs certain unique extra-
ribosomal functions. During the few hours of cell-division, PfP2 protein moves to the external …