ImmunologybioRxiv
Effects of IgG and IgM autoantibodies on non-infected erythrocytes is related to ABO blood group in Plasmodium vivax malaria and is associated with anemia
L. C. Mourao, C. M. P. Medeiros, G. Cardoso-Oliveira…·E. M. Braga
The paper shows that IgG and IgM autoantibodies reduce nRBC deformability and IgG induces erythrophagocytosis, with greater effects in type O erythrocytes in P. vivax malaria, linking ABO blood group to anemia risk.
DOI 10.1016/j.micinf.2020.02.003