Nature Communications (Jun 2020)

Plasma-derived extracellular vesicles from Plasmodium vivax patients signal spleen fibroblasts via NF-kB facilitating parasite cytoadherence

  • Haruka Toda,
  • Miriam Diaz-Varela,
  • Joan Segui-Barber,
  • Wanlapa Roobsoong,
  • Barbara Baro,
  • Susana Garcia-Silva,
  • Alicia Galiano,
  • Melisa Gualdrón-López,
  • Anne C. G. Almeida,
  • Marcelo A. M. Brito,
  • Gisely Cardoso de Melo,
  • Iris Aparici-Herraiz,
  • Carlos Castro-Cavadía,
  • Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro,
  • Eva Borràs,
  • Eduard Sabidó,
  • Igor C. Almeida,
  • Jakub Chojnacki,
  • Javier Martinez-Picado,
  • Maria Calvo,
  • Pilar Armengol,
  • Jaime Carmona-Fonseca,
  • Maria Fernanda Yasnot,
  • Ricardo Lauzurica,
  • Antonio Marcilla,
  • Hector Peinado,
  • Mary R. Galinski,
  • Marcus V. G. Lacerda,
  • Jetsumon Sattabongkot,
  • Carmen Fernandez-Becerra,
  • Hernando A. del Portillo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16337-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Extracellular vesicles (EVs) in plasma can affect pathogenesis of parasites, but details remain unclear. Here, Toda et al. characterize plasma-derived EVs from Plasmodium vivax patients and show that PvEVs are preferentially taken up by human spleen fibroblasts, facilitating parasite cytoadherence.