Tag Archives: Plasmodium

Proteins derived from the latent liver stage of Plasmodium vivax can be detected in small extracellular vesicles that circulate in blood...

A research group led by Prof. CHEN Xiaoping from the Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health (GIBH) of Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed a new mechanism about exosomes from Plasmodium-infected hosts inhibit tumor angiogenesis. The study was published in Oncogenesis. Malaria infection has been ...

In the past decade, research on the functions of extracellular vesicles in malaria has expanded dramatically. Investigations into the various vesicle types, from both host and parasite origin, has revealed important roles for extracellular vesicles in disease pathogenesis and susceptibility, ...

There is a rapidly growing body of evidence that production of microvesicles (MVs) is a universal feature of cellular life. MVs can incorporate microRNA (miRNA), mRNA, mtDNA, DNA and retrotransposons, camouflage viruses/viral components from immune surveillance, and transfer cargo between ...