| Literature DB >> 18356610 |
Ahidjo Ayouba1, Cyril Badaut, Anfumbom Kfutwah, Claude Cannou, Alexandre Juillerat, Stéphane Gangnard, Charlotte Behr, Odile Mercereau-Puijalon, Graham A Bentley, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Elisabeth Menu.
Abstract
Epidemiological data point to an increased risk of HIV-1 mother-to-child transmission in pregnant women with malaria, by unknown mechanisms. We show here that surface binding of a recombinant Plasmodium falciparum adhesin to chondroitin sulphate A proteoglycans increases HIV-1 replication in the human placental cell line BeWo, probably by a P. falciparum adhesin-induced long-terminal repeat-driven TNF-alpha stimulation. This suggests that placental malaria could increase the risk of HIV-1 transmission in utero.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18356610 DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3282f560ee
Source DB: PubMed Journal: AIDS ISSN: 0269-9370 Impact factor: 4.177