Placental Sequestration of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Parasites Is Mediated by the Interaction Between VAR2CSA and Chondroitin Sulfate A on Syndecan-1

• Marina Ayres Pereira ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Marina Ayres Pereira, Thomas Mandel Clausen

  Affiliation Centre for Medical Parasitology, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark

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• Thomas Mandel Clausen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Marina Ayres Pereira, Thomas Mandel Clausen

  * E-mail: tmc@sund.ku.dk (TMC); salanti@sund.ku.dk (AS)

  Affiliations Centre for Medical Parasitology, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark, Vancouver Prostate Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada

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• Caroline Pehrson,

  Affiliation Centre for Medical Parasitology, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5736-4847

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• Yang Mao,

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Copenhagen Center for Glycomics and Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Mafalda Resende,

  Affiliation Centre for Medical Parasitology, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark

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• Mads Daugaard,

  Affiliation Vancouver Prostate Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada

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• Anders Riis Kristensen,

  Affiliation Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada

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• Charlotte Spliid,

  Affiliation Centre for Medical Parasitology, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6811-3891

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• Line Mathiesen,

  Affiliation Section of Environmental Health, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3210-159X

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• Lisbeth E. Knudsen,

  Affiliation Section of Environmental Health, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9576-1202

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• Peter Damm,

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Rigshospitalet, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Thor G. Theander,

  Affiliation Centre for Medical Parasitology, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark

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• Stefan R. Hansson,

  Affiliation Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

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• Morten A. Nielsen,

  Affiliation Centre for Medical Parasitology, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2668-4992

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• Ali Salanti

  * E-mail: tmc@sund.ku.dk (TMC); salanti@sund.ku.dk (AS)

  Affiliation Centre for Medical Parasitology, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark

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