Regulation of immune response by Plasmodium-infected red blood cells.
During the asexual blood stage infection of the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, parasite-derived proteins are inserted onto the surface of the host red blood cell membrane. These proteins are highly variable and were originally thought only to mediate antigenic variation, and sequestr...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2005
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