title: Malaria Parasites Distribute Subversive Messages across Enemy Lines.
abstract: During its life cycle, the malaria parasite must cope with a set of diverse environments and institute strategies to alter its host's responses. A recent study remarkably demonstrates how these parasites exploit red blood cell products, loading them into 'armed' secreted vesicles sent to manipulate their host's 'endothelium battlefront', thereby promoting malaria infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rivkin
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ben-Hur
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. Electronic address: neta.regev-rudzki@weizmann.ac.il.
authors.forename: Neta
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Regev-Rudzki
mesh_terms: D002450:Cell Communication; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000469:parasitology; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000469:parasitology; D000067128:Extracellular Vesicles; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000635:transmission; D010961:Plasmodium / Q000502:physiology*