Metabolic Rigidity as a Mechanical Barrier to Malaria: Flickering Loss in PKLR-Deficient Erythrocytes
Natalia Hernando‐Ospina, Macarena Calero, Guillermo Solís‐Fernández…·Francisco Monroy
This study shows that PKLR-deficient erythrocytes, due to metabolic rigidity, resist Plasmodium yoelii infection by maintaining mechanical properties that hinder parasite-induced membrane changes.