Publication: Circulating receptors implicated in the cyto-adherence occurring in severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Thailand
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1999-01-01
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00034983
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Mahidol University
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Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. Vol.93, No.5 (1999), 449-455
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K. Muanza, B. Traoré, F. Gay, S. Krudsood, M. Danis, S. Looareesuwan Circulating receptors implicated in the cyto-adherence occurring in severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Thailand. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. Vol.93, No.5 (1999), 449-455. doi:10.1080/00034983.1999.11813444 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/25464
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Circulating receptors implicated in the cyto-adherence occurring in severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Thailand
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The kinetic profiles of soluble chondroitin-sulphate A (CSA), intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1), vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM-1) and E-selectin were investigated in 17 patients hospitalized with Plasmodium falciparum malaria. The aim was to see if these circulating adhesion molecules could be considered as markers for the severity of P. falciparum malaria. The levels of all the adhesion molecules were found to be higher in the sera from all the malaria cases, both severe and uncomplicated, than in those from uninfected controls. The elevation in plasma CSA, reported for the first time, was statistically very significant (P = 0.00001). However, when severe cases were compared with the uncomplicated, there were no significant differences in the level of any of the receptors except ICAM-1, which was highest in those with the severe disease (P = 0.01). The absence of any significant correlation between the plasma concentration of CSA and malaria severity indicates that this adhesion molecule could not be used to predict the severity of malaria, although its role in sequestration of the parasites in pregnant women is well established.