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ReviewAdvances in parasitology2024

PfEMP1 and var genes - Still of key importance in Plasmodium falciparum malaria pathogenesis and immunity.

Lars Hviid, Anja R Jensen, Kirk W Deitsch

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Review in Advances in parasitology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Interaction ofiScience · 2026
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  8. Malaria monoclonals block brain binding.Trends in parasitology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Lars HviidCentre for translational Medicine and Parasitology, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet), Copenhagen, Denmark. Electronic address: lhviid@sund.ku.dk.
Anja R JensenCentre for translational Medicine and Parasitology, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kirk W DeitschDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, United States.

Funding

Mechanisms of environmental sensing and responses by malaria parasitesR01AI138499 · NIAID · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI DEITSCH, KIRK W · 2018 to 2022
$3.7M
A structured transcriptional switching network that coordinates antigenic variation by malaria parasitesR01AI161299 · NIAID · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI Kirk W Deitsch · 2021 to 2026
$3.4M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI138499NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI161299
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The most severe form of malaria, caused by infection with Plasmodium falciparum parasites, continues to be an important cause of human suffering and poverty. The P. falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) family of clonally variant antigens, which mediates the adhesion of infected erythrocytes to the vascular endothelium in various tissues and organs, is a central component of the pathogenesis of the disease and a key target of the acquired immune response to malaria. Much new knowledge has accumulated since we published a systematic overview of the PfEMP1 family almost ten years ago. In this chapter, we therefore aim to summarize research progress since 2015 on the structure, function, regulation etc. of this key protein family of arguably the most important human parasite. Recent insights regarding PfEMP1-specific immune responses and PfEMP1-specific vaccination against malaria, as well as an outlook for the coming years are also covered.

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Malaria, FalciparumPlasmodium falciparumProtozoan ProteinsAnimalsHumanserythrocyte membrane protein 1, Plasmodium falciparumProtozoan ProteinsImmunityMalariaPathogenesisPfEMP1Plasmodium falciparumStructure/functionVaccinevar genes

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PMID39095112
PMCPMC12175084

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