2015
Malaria Vaccine Development: Focusing Field Erythrocyte Invasion Studies on Phenotypic Diversity The West African Merozoite Invasion Network (WAMIN)
: T, Ahouidi AD, Amambua-Ngwa A, Awandare GA, Bei AK, Conway DJ, Diakite M, Duraisingh MT, Rayner JC, Zenonos ZA. Malaria Vaccine Development: Focusing Field Erythrocyte Invasion Studies on Phenotypic Diversity The West African Merozoite Invasion Network (WAMIN). Trends In Parasitology 2015, 32: 274-283. PMID: 26725306, PMCID: PMC7021314, DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2015.11.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVaccine candidatesBlood-stage vaccine candidatePromising vaccine targetPlasmodium falciparum merozoitesRelevant evidence baseFalciparum merozoitesVaccine targetsEvidence baseErythrocyte invasionStandardized assaysParasite survivalInvasion phenotypeInvasion studiesTrue extentField isolatesInvasionMost studiesLigands differs
2011
Basigin is a receptor essential for erythrocyte invasion by Plasmodium falciparum
Crosnier C, Bustamante LY, Bartholdson SJ, Bei AK, Theron M, Uchikawa M, Mboup S, Ndir O, Kwiatkowski DP, Duraisingh MT, Rayner JC, Wright GJ. Basigin is a receptor essential for erythrocyte invasion by Plasmodium falciparum. Nature 2011, 480: 534-537. PMID: 22080952, PMCID: PMC3245779, DOI: 10.1038/nature10606.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlasmodium falciparum merozoitesInvasion of erythrocytesMalaria infectionFalciparum merozoitesAntimalarial therapeuticsP. falciparumBlood stagesPlasmodium falciparumErythrocyte invasionParasite invasionInvasionFalciparumReceptor essentialField strainsBasiginErythrocytesPfRH5VaccineInfectionAntibodies