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| Title |
Decoding the Role of Glycans in Malaria
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Microbiology, June 2017
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| DOI | 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01071 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Pollyanna S. Gomes, Daniel F. Feijó, Alexandre Morrot, Celio G. Freire-de-Lima |
| Abstract |
Complications arising from malaria are a concern for public health authorities worldwide, since the annual caseload in humans usually exceeds millions. Of more than 160 species of Plasmodium, only 4 infect humans, with the most severe cases ascribed to Plasmodium falciparum and the most prevalent to Plasmodium vivax. Over the past 70 years, since World War II, when the first antimalarial drugs were widely used, many efforts have been made to combat this disease, including vectorial control, new drug discoveries and genetic and molecular approaches. Molecular approaches, such as glycobiology, may lead to new therapeutic targets (both in the host and the parasites), since all interactions are mediated by carbohydrates or glycan moieties decorating both cellular surfaces from parasite and host cells. In this review, we address the carbohydrate-mediated glycobiology that directly affects Plasmodium survival or host resistance. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 40 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 39 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 20% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 13% |
| Researcher | 5 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 5 | 13% |
| Unknown | 7 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 9 | 23% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 20% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 3 | 8% |
| Chemistry | 3 | 8% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 3 | 8% |
| Other | 4 | 10% |
| Unknown | 10 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 June 2017.
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#15,300
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#353
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