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Structural basis of LAIR1 targeting by polymorphic Plasmodium RIFINs

Authors :
Kai Xu
Yiran Wang
Chen-Hsiang Shen
Yiwei Chen
Baoshan Zhang
Kevin Liu
Yaroslav Tsybovsky
Shuishu Wang
S. Katie Farney
Jason Gorman
Tyler Stephens
Raffaello Verardi
Yongping Yang
Tongqing Zhou
Gwo-Yu Chuang
Antonio Lanzavecchia
Luca Piccoli
Peter D. Kwong
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2021.

Abstract

RIFINs are Plasmodium surface antigens that suppress the immune response by binding inhibitory receptors such as LAIR1. Here, Xu et al. characterize the interaction between RIFIN-variable 2 domain and a LAIR1 domain and identify LAIR1-binding RIFINs in several Plasmodium species.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
12
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.40cd63ae784a4e7da4dd3cda05cd7474
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24291-6