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| Title |
Cell-Cell Communication between Malaria-Infected Red Blood Cells via Exosome-like Vesicles
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| Published in |
Cell, May 2013
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.cell.2013.04.029 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Neta Regev-Rudzki, Danny W. Wilson, Teresa G. Carvalho, Xavier Sisquella, Bradley M. Coleman, Melanie Rug, Dejan Bursac, Fiona Angrisano, Michelle Gee, Andrew F. Hill, Jake Baum, Alan F. Cowman |
| Abstract |
Cell-cell communication is an important mechanism for information exchange promoting cell survival for the control of features such as population density and differentiation. We determined that Plasmodium falciparum-infected red blood cells directly communicate between parasites within a population using exosome-like vesicles that are capable of delivering genes. Importantly, communication via exosome-like vesicles promotes differentiation to sexual forms at a rate that suggests that signaling is involved. Furthermore, we have identified a P. falciparum protein, PfPTP2, that plays a key role in efficient communication. This study reveals a previously unidentified pathway of P. falciparum biology critical for survival in the host and transmission to mosquitoes. This identifies a pathway for the development of agents to block parasite transmission from the human host to the mosquito. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 49 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 27% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 6% |
| Israel | 2 | 4% |
| France | 2 | 4% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 1 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 2% |
| Australia | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 7 | 14% |
| Unknown | 17 | 35% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 37 | 76% |
| Scientists | 8 | 16% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 6% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 758 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | <1% |
| India | 4 | <1% |
| France | 4 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | <1% |
| Brazil | 3 | <1% |
| Kenya | 2 | <1% |
| Belgium | 2 | <1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 7 | <1% |
| Unknown | 724 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 190 | 25% |
| Researcher | 137 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 80 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 69 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 40 | 5% |
| Other | 112 | 15% |
| Unknown | 130 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 277 | 37% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 158 | 21% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 54 | 7% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 43 | 6% |
| Engineering | 15 | 2% |
| Other | 66 | 9% |
| Unknown | 145 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 49. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 November 2020.
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Altmetric has tracked 26,017,215 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 96th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 17,318 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 59.7. This one has done well, scoring higher than 79% of its peers.
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