title: CD36 and malaria: friends or foes? A decade of data provides some answers.
abstract: The past 10 years have generated new insights into the complex interaction between CD36 (cluster of differentiation 36) and malaria. These range from the crystallization of the CD36 homolog, LIMPII (lysosomal integral membrane protein II), permitting modeling of CD36 and its binding to diverse ligands, to cell biology-based studies of CD36 and large population genetic studies assessing the association of CD36 polymorphisms and malarial disease severity. Collectively these lines of evidence indicate that a receptor other than CD36 is associated with severity. CD36 plays an important role in innate immunity and in the phagocytic uptake of multiple pathogens including malaria. CD36 polymorphisms lack association with severity, and isolates that cause severe disease primarily bind to endothelial protein C receptor (EPCR) rather than to CD36.
authors.affiliation: Sandra Ann Rotman (SAR) Laboratories, SAR Centre, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Tropical Disease Unit, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cabrera
authors.affiliation: Program in Cell Biology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Dante
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Neculai
authors.affiliation: Sandra Ann Rotman (SAR) Laboratories, SAR Centre, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Tropical Disease Unit, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: kevin.kain@uhn.ca.
authors.forename: Kevin C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Kain
mesh_terms: D018955:CD36 Antigens / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000235:genetics; D008288:Malaria / Q000276:immunology*; D010274:Parasitology / Q000639:trends; D010961:Plasmodium / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018955:CD36 Antigens
keywords: CD36; PfEMP1; endothelial activation; endothelial protein C receptor; scavenger receptors