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From: Plasmodium falciparum EPCR-binding PfEMP1 expression increases with malaria disease severity and is elevated in retinopathy negative cerebral malaria

Fig. 2

Transcript levels of EPCR-binding PfEMP1 are higher in parasites from children with cerebral malaria without severe malarial anemia than from children with severe malarial anemia. Transcript units for CIDRα1-EPCR (sum of [CIDRa1.1-CIDRa1.8b]Tu-7), group A-EPCR (sum of [CIDRa1.4, CIDRa1.5a, CIDRa1.5b, CIDRa1.6b, and CIDRa1.7]Tu-4), group B-EPCR (sum of [CIDRa1.1, CIDRa1.8a, and CIDRa1.8b]Tu-2), CIDRα1.1, CIDRa1.4/6a, DBLa1ALL (all group A PfEMP1), DBLa1.5/6/8 types (group A PfEMP1 typically non-EPCR-binding), CIDRd (group A PfEMP1, non-EPCR-binding), and DBLa2/1.1/2/4/7 (group A PfEMP1, typically EPCR-binding). Transcript units of expression are shown on a logarithmic scale. The horizontal lines in red represent median values. Medians are compared by Mann-Whitney test. Cerebral malaria (CM, hemoglobin > 5 g/dL, n = 77), severe malarial anemia (SMA, n = 47)

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