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SUBMITTER: Dekel E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7895969 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dekel Elya E Yaffe Dana D Rosenhek-Goldian Irit I Ben-Nissan Gili G Ofir-Birin Yifat Y Morandi Mattia I MI Ziv Tamar T Sisquella Xavier X Pimentel Matthew A MA Nebl Thomas T Kapp Eugene E Ohana Daniel Yael Y Karam Paula Abou PA Alfandari Daniel D Rotkopf Ron R Malihi Shimrit S Temin Tal Block TB Mullick Debakshi D Revach Or-Yam OY Rudik Ariel A Gov Nir S NS Azuri Ido I Porat Ziv Z Bergamaschi Giulia G Sorkin Raya R Wuite Gijs J L GJL Avinoam Ori O Carvalho Teresa G TG Cohen Sidney R SR Sharon Michal M Regev-Rudzki Neta N
Nature communications 20210219 1
Mature red blood cells (RBCs) lack internal organelles and canonical defense mechanisms, making them both a fascinating host cell, in general, and an intriguing choice for the deadly malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum (Pf), in particular. Pf, while growing inside its natural host, the human RBC, secretes multipurpose extracellular vesicles (EVs), yet their influence on this essential host cell remains unknown. Here we demonstrate that Pf parasites, cultured in fresh human donor blood, secret ...[more]