title: Plasmodium falciparum: diversity of isolates from Malawi in their cytoadherence to melanoma cells and monocytes in vitro.
abstract: We observed considerable diversity in the cytoadherence of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Malawi to melanoma cells, U937 cells and human peripheral monocytes. Each isolate exhibited a unique cytoadherence profile for the three human cell types. These isolates generally adhered well to U937 cells and fresh monocytes, moderately to melanoma cells and poorly to TE 671, MIA-Pa-Ca, WI 38, PLC/PRF/5 and HeLa cells. An antimalarial immunoglobulin pool inhibited binding to melanoma cells by 50% or more and to U937 cells by 25% or less. There was no correlation between in vitro cytoadherence to the three cells and clinical disease. These results suggest that malarial adherence ligands exposed on the surface of infected erythrocytes vary from one isolate to another.
authors.affiliation: Department of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Goldring
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Molyneux
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wirima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hommel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured / Q000166:cytology / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D008295:Malawi / Q000453:epidemiology; D008545:Melanoma / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009000:Monocytes / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology