Erythrocyte glycophorins as receptors for Plasmodium merozoites

E Jaskiewicz, M Jodłowska, R Kaczmarek, A Zerka - Parasites & vectors, 2019 - Springer
Glycophorins are heavily glycosylated sialoglycoproteins of human and animal erythrocytes.
In humans, there are four glycophorins: A, B, C and D. Glycophorins play an important role in …

Sialic acids as receptors for pathogens

P Burzyńska, ŁF Sobala, K Mikołajczyk, M Jodłowska… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Carbohydrates have long been known to mediate intracellular interactions, whether within
one organism or between different organisms. Sialic acids (Sias) are carbohydrates that …

Three is a crowd–new insights into rosetting in Plasmodium falciparum

XY Yam, M Niang, KG Madnani, PR Preiser - Trends in Parasitology, 2017 - cell.com
The intracellular malaria parasites extensively modify host erythrocytes to allow nutrient
uptake, ensure homeostasis, and evade the host's immune response. To achieve this, the …

Disrupting CD147-RAP2 interaction abrogates erythrocyte invasion by Plasmodium falciparum

MY Zhang, Y Zhang, XD Wu, K Zhang… - Blood, The Journal …, 2018 - ashpublications.org
Effective vaccines against malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum are still lacking, and
the molecular mechanism of the host-parasite interaction is not fully understood. Here we …

Comparative analysis of collagen and chitosan-based dressing for haemostatic and wound healing application

D Tripathi, K Rastogi, P Tyagi, H Rawat, G Mittal… - Aaps Pharmscitech, 2021 - Springer
Collagen and chitosan have haemostatic, tissue fix and wound healing properties but the
poor mechanical property limits their application. Therefore, various concentrations of …

Erythrocyte invasion receptors for Plasmodium falciparum: new and old

TJ Satchwell - Transfusion medicine, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the complex process by which the invasive form of the Plasmodium
falciparum parasite, the merozoite, attaches to and invades erythrocytes as part of its blood …

Curcumin coated 3D biocomposite scaffolds based on chitosan and cellulose for diabetic wound healing

M Gupta, A Sharma, CS Beniwal, P Tyagi - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
The objective of present work is to fabricate porous three-dimensional biocomposite
scaffolds with interconnected pore networks and mechanical strength for wound healing …

[HTML][HTML] Leveraging the wheat germ cell-free protein synthesis system to accelerate malaria vaccine development

BN Kanoi, H Nagaoka, M Morita, T Tsuboi… - Parasitology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Vaccines against infectious diseases have had great successes in the history of public
health. Major breakthroughs have occurred in the development of vaccine-based …

[HTML][HTML] The Gerbich blood group system: old knowledge, new importance

E Jaskiewicz, T Peyrard, R Kaczmarek, A Zerka… - Transfusion medicine …, 2018 - Elsevier
Antigens of the Gerbich blood group system are expressed on glycophorin C (GPC) and
glycophorin D (GPD), minor sialoglycoproteins of human erythrocytes. GPC and GPD help …

Fabrication of three-dimensional bioactive composite scaffolds for hemostasis and wound healing

D Tripathi, A Sharma, P Tyagi, CS Beniwal, G Mittal… - AAPS …, 2021 - Springer
Fabrication of 3D composite scaffolds was carried out by lyophilization of variable
concentrations of collagen and chitosan gel solutions. Fibrinogen and thrombin aerosol …