Monday 27 May 2013

MALARIA: Weekly Update from Malaria Nexus: 23 May 2013

 
Cell-cell communication occurs between malaria parasites and triggers sexual differentiation

Cell-cell communication occurs between malaria parasites and triggers sexual differentiation
Two studies published in the latest issue of Cell and Cell Host & Microbe reveal that the malaria parasites communicate with the help of extracellular vesicles that induce sexual differentiation.
 
Occurrence of cell-cell communication between malaria parasites: Interview with Dr Alan Cowman
Posted on 23 May 2013
Occurrence of cell-cell communication between malaria parasites: Interview with Dr Alan Cowman
In this podcast interview, Dr Cowman discusses the finding that cell-cell communication occurs between malaria parasites, which was recently published in the journal Cell.
 
Feature Articles
 
Posted on 23 May 2013
Cell-Cell Communication between Malaria-Infected Red Blood Cells via Exosome-like Vesicles
Cell, Volume 153, Issue 5, 23 May 2013, Pages 1120-1133
Neta Regev-Rudzki, Danny W. Wilson, Teresa G. Carvalho, Xavier Sisquella, Bradley M. Coleman, Melanie Rug, Dejan Bursac, Fiona Angrisano, Michelle Gee, Andrew F. Hill, Jake Baum, Alan F. Cowman
 
Posted on 23 May 2013
Malaria-Infected Erythrocyte-Derived Microvesicles Mediate Cellular Communication within the Parasite Population and with the Host Immune System
Cell Host & Microbe, Volume 13, Issue 5, 15 May 2013, Pages 521-534
Pierre-Yves Mantel, Anh N. Hoang, Ilana Goldowitz, Daria Potashnikova, Bashar Hamza, Ivan Vorobjev, Ionita Ghiran, Mehmet Toner, Daniel Irimia, Alexander R. Ivanov, Natasha Barteneva, Matthias Marti
 
Posted on 23 May 2013
Talking to Each Other to Initiate Sexual Differentiation
Cell, Volume 153, Issue 5, 23 May 2013, Pages 945-947
Hernando A. del Portillo, Chetan E. Chitnis
 
Posted on 23 May 2013
Characterization of a novel merozoite surface protein of Plasmodium vivax, Pv41
Acta Tropica, Volume 126, Issue 3, June 2013, Pages 222-228
Yang Cheng, Feng Lu, Takafumi Tsuboi, Eun-Taek Han

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