LL-37 selectively targets Plasmodium-infected erythrocytes and exhibits antimalarial activity

• Xiaoqin He ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaoqin He, Yutong Zhang

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Parasitic Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory on Parasite and Vector Control Technology, Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9840-5238

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• Yutong Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaoqin He, Yutong Zhang

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Parasitic Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory on Parasite and Vector Control Technology, Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi, China

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• Junchao Lou,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Parasitic Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory on Parasite and Vector Control Technology, Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi, China

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• Jingyao Wu,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Parasitic Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory on Parasite and Vector Control Technology, Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi, China

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• Sui Xu,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Parasitic Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory on Parasite and Vector Control Technology, Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi, China

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• Guoding Zhu,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration

  Affiliation National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Parasitic Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory on Parasite and Vector Control Technology, Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi, China

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• Jianxia Tang,

  Roles Funding acquisition

  Affiliation National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Parasitic Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory on Parasite and Vector Control Technology, Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi, China

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• Yaqun Fang ,

  Roles Funding acquisition

  * E-mail: fangyaqun@mail.kiz.ac.cn (YF); caojuncn@hotmail.com (JC)

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution and Animal Models, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China

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• Jun Cao

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: fangyaqun@mail.kiz.ac.cn (YF); caojuncn@hotmail.com (JC)

  Affiliation National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Parasitic Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory on Parasite and Vector Control Technology, Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5298-9234

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