Search for dissertations about: "Malin Haeggström"

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2. 1. Variable surface molecules of the plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocyte and merozoite

   Author : Malin Haeggström; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : P.falciparum; infected erythrocytes; transport; Maurer s clefts; antigenic variation; PfEMP1; RIFIN; SURFIN; merozoites; subgroups;

   Abstract : As Plasmodium falciparum parasites matures within the infected erythrocyte (IE) it produces a number of various proteins, which are transported out to the cell surface where they are exposed to the host immune system. To avoid recognition and elimination by the liver and spleen these proteins can undergo antigenic variation, a phenomenon where the parasites switch from expressing one variant to' another, both belonging to the same gene-family. READ MORE