Babita Mahajan

Identification, Cloning, Expression, and Characterization of the Gene for Plasmodium knowlesi Surface Protein Containing an Altered Thrombospondin Repeat Domain

Mahajan, Babita, Jani, Dewal, Chattopadhyay, Rana, Nagarkatti, Rana, Zheng, Hong, Majam, Victoria, ...

Proteins present on the surface of malaria parasites that participate in the process of invasion and adhesion to host cells are considered attractive vaccine targets. Aided by the availability of the...

Identification, Cloning, Expression, and Characterization of the Gene for Plasmodium knowlesi Surface Protein Containing an Altered Thrombospondin Repeat Domain

Mahajan, Babita, Jani, Dewal, Chattopadhyay, Rana, Nagarkatti, Rana, Zheng, Hong, Majam, Victoria, ...

Proteins present on the surface of malaria parasites that participate in the process of invasion and adhesion to host cells are considered attractive vaccine targets. Aided by the availability of the...

Molecular Factors and Biochemical Pathways Induced by Febrile Temperature in Intraerythrocytic Plasmodium falciparum Parasites▿ †

Oakley, Miranda S. M., Kumar, Sanjai, Anantharaman, Vivek, Zheng, Hong, Mahajan, Babita, Haynes, J. David, ...

Intermittent episodes of febrile illness are the most benign and recognized symptom of infection with malaria parasites, although the effects on parasite survival and virulence remain unclear. In...

Host Biomarkers and Biological Pathways That Are Associated with the Expression of Experimental Cerebral Malaria in Mice▿ †

Oakley, Miranda S., McCutchan, Thomas F., Anantharaman, Vivek, Ward, Jerrold M., Faucette, Laurence, Erexson, Cindy, ...

Cerebral malaria (CM) is a primary cause of malaria-associated deaths among young African children. Yet no diagnostic tools are available that could be used to predict which of the children infected...

Pathogenic Roles of CD14, Galectin-3, and OX40 during Experimental Cerebral Malaria in Mice

Oakley, Miranda S., Majam, Victoria, Mahajan, Babita, Gerald, Noel, Anantharaman, Vivek, Ward, Jerrold M., ...

An in-depth knowledge of the host molecules and biological pathways that contribute towards the pathogenesis of cerebral malaria would help guide the development of novel prognostics and...