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Transferrin receptor 1 is a reticulocyte-specific receptor for Plasmodium vivax

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Gruszczyk, Jakub, Kanjee, Usheer, Chan, Li-Jin, Menant, Sébastien, Malleret, Benoit, Lim, Nicholas T. Y., Schmidt, Christoph Q., Mok, Yee-Foong +16 more·2018·Science

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Vivax malaria host receptor Human malaria is caused by half a dozen species of Plasmodium protozoan parasites, each with distinctive biology. P. vivax , which causes relapsing malaria, specifically parasitizes immature red blood cells called reticulocytes. Gruszczyk et al. identified TfR1 (host transferrin receptor 1) as an alternative receptor for P. vivax . TfR1 binds to a specific P. vivax surface protein. However, the parasite that causes cerebral malaria, P. falciparum , does not share TfR1 as a receptor: P. falciparum could still infect cells in which TfR1 expression was knocked down, but P. vivax could not. Monoclonal antibodies to the P. vivax protein successfully hindered P. vivax infection of red blood cells. Science , this issue p. 48

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Gruszczyk, J., Kanjee, U., Chan, L.-J., Menant, S., Malleret, B., Lim, N. T. Y., Schmidt, C. Q., Mok, Y.-F., Lin, K.-M., Pearson, R. D., Rangel, G., Smith, B. J., Call, M. J., Weekes, M. P., Griffin, M. D. W., Murphy, J. M., Abraham, J., Sriprawat, K., Menezes, M. J., Ferreira, M. U., Russell, B., Renia, L., Duraisingh, M. T., & Tham, W.-H.
Affiliations
  • Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (AU)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • The University of Melbourne (AU)
  • Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 117597 Singapore.
  • Universität Ulm (DE)
  • University of Cambridge (GB)
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute (GB)
  • La Trobe University (AU)
  • Mahidol University (TH)
  • Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
  • University of Otago (NZ)
  • Singapore Immunology Network, A*STAR, 138648 Singapore.
Corresponding author
Tham, Wai-Hong
Venue
Science
Published
2018-01-05
Volume
359
Issue
6371
Pages
48-55
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2772277028
Cited by
212
References
81
Citations by year
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FWCI
24.08
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • ANU Open Research (Australian National University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Wellcome Trust
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research
  • Australian Research Council
  • National Health and Medical Research Council (1105754)
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Wellcome Trust
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Malaria Research and Control
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Parasitology › Bird parasitology and diseases
Keywords
transferrin receptor 1, Plasmodium vivax, reticulocytes, host cell receptors, Plasmodium falciparum, cerebral malaria, relapsing malaria, red blood cell infection, monoclonal antibodies, parasite surface proteins, host-parasite interactions
MeSH terms
Protein Domains, Host-Parasite Interactions, Humans, Membrane Proteins, Plasmodium vivax, Receptors, Transferrin, Reticulocytes, Antigens, CD, Protozoan Proteins, Malaria, Vivax, Crystallography, X-Ray, Gene Knockdown Techniques

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