Reticulocyte Infection Leads to Altered Behaviour, Drug Sensitivity and Host Cell Remodelling by Plasmodium falciparum.
R. Chandramohanadas, R. Naidu, T. T. Chu, J. Tripathi, Y. Hu, G. Subramanian, J. X. Tong, P. Tripathi, K. Fang, K. S. Tan, C. T. Lim, J. K. Chan, Z. Bozdech
This paper shows that Plasmodium falciparum infects reticulocytes with higher affinity, alters drug sensitivity, and remodels host cells through transcriptomic changes.
bioRxiv · Dec 2, 2019 · PreprintMicrobiology