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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Bouyer G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7708629 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Communications biology 20201201 1
To ensure the transport of nutrients necessary for their survival, Plasmodium falciparum parasites increase erythrocyte permeability to diverse solutes. These new permeation pathways (NPPs) have been extensively characterized in the pathogenic asexual parasite stages, however the existence of NPPs has never been investigated in gametocytes, the sexual stages responsible for transmission to mosquitoes. Here, we show that NPPs are still active in erythrocytes infected with immature gametocytes and ...[more]