MALARIA: Weekly Update from Malaria Nexus: 23 May 2013

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.   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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