Seasonal transcriptional profiling of malaria parasites using a new single-cell atlas of a Malian Plasmodium falciparum isolate
Lasse Votborg-Novél, Martin Kampmann, Manuela Carrasquilla, Georgia Angeli, Christina Ntalla, Hamidou Cisse, Yuhana Sogoba, Gabriela Maria Guerra, Safiatou Doumbo, Didier Doumtabé, Silke Bandermann, Yara Cuesta Valero, Kassoum Kayentao, Mir‐Farzin Mashreghi, Moussa Niangaly, , Sílvia Portugal
This study uses single-cell RNA-seq to profile seasonal changes in Plasmodium falciparum parasites, showing older parasites circulate in the dry season and transcriptional changes in exported proteins affecting cytoadhesion.
bioRxiv · Apr 14, 2025 · PreprintMolecular Biology