Red blood cell mannoses as phagocytic ligands mediating both sickle cell anaemia and malaria resistance
oleh: Huan Cao, Aristotelis Antonopoulos, Sadie Henderson, Heather Wassall, John Brewin, Alanna Masson, Jenna Shepherd, Gabriela Konieczny, Bhinal Patel, Maria-Louise Williams, Adam Davie, Megan A. Forrester, Lindsay Hall, Beverley Minter, Dimitris Tampakis, Michael Moss, Charlotte Lennon, Wendy Pickford, Lars Erwig, Beverley Robertson, Anne Dell, Gordon D. Brown, Heather M. Wilson, David C. Rees, Stuart M. Haslam, J. Alexandra Rowe, Robert N. Barker, Mark A. Vickers
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2021-03-01 |
Deskripsi
Red blood cells (RBCs) are phagocytosed in the spleen in sickle cell disease and malaria. Here, Cao et al. show that high mannose N-glycans, exposed on diseased or oxidized RBC surfaces, bind mannose receptor CD206 on host cells, mediating phagocytosis.