The role of exosome-like vesicles in cell-cell communication between P. falciparum-infected red blood cells

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1057960

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Cell-cell communication is a critically important mechanism for information exchange promoting cell survival by control of features such as population density and differentiation state. Malaria is caused by the parasite Plasmodium falciparum. We have shown that P. falciparum-infected red blood cells directly communicate between parasites within a population using small vesicles that are capable of delivering genes and signals. Our work aims to understand this process.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 01-01-2016

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $629,058.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Parasitology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

cell biology | infectious diseases | malaria | malaria transmission | parasitology

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