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Variant Surface Antigens

Variant Surface Antigens is a class of pathogen-derived cell surface proteins that undergo sequential antigenic changes to evade host immune responses, distinguished by their high variability and stage-specific expression in parasitic infections.

618

Publications

37.8K

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2.2K

Authors

554

Institutions

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2017–2026

57

Variants

Vsas

Parents

Publications

618

The Genome of the African Trypanosome <i>Trypanosoma brucei</i>

Matthew Berriman, Elodie Ghedin, Christiane Hertz‐Fowler et al. · Science · 2005 · 1.7K citations

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Selective upregulation of a single distinctly structured <i>var</i> gene in chondroitin sulphate A‐adhering <i>Plasmodium falciparum</i> involved in pregnancy‐associated malaria

Ali Salanti, Trine Staalsøe, Thomas Lavstsen et al. · Molecular Microbiology · 2003 · 722 citations · Full text

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Evidence for the Involvement of VAR2CSA in Pregnancy-associated Malaria

Ali Salanti, Madeleine Dahlbäck, Louise Turner et al. · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 2004 · 617 citations · Full text

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Telomeric Expression Sites Are Highly Conserved in Trypanosoma brucei

Christiane Hertz‐Fowler, Luísa M. Figueiredo, Michael A. Quail et al. · PLoS ONE · 2008 · 308 citations · Full text

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Immunogenic (tum-) variants of mouse tumor P815: cloning of the gene of tum- antigen P91A and identification of the tum- mutation.

Etienne De Plaen, Christophe Lurquin, Aline Van Pel et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1988 · 299 citations · Full text

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1–5 of 618

Authors

2.2K

  1. LH
    Lars Hviid

    University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    25 publications · 2.8K citations

    21

    h-index

  2. GC
    George Cross

    Rockefeller University, United States

    24 publications · 2.4K citations

    21

    h-index

  3. TG
    Thor G. Theander

    University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    20 publications · 2.8K citations

    19

    h-index

  4. TS
    Trine Staalsøe

    University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    21 publications · 2.1K citations

    19

    h-index

  5. JD
    J. David Barry

    University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

    19 publications · 3.3K citations

    19

    h-index

1–5 of 2.2K

Institutions

554

  1. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    25 h-index

    144 publications

    19.8K citations

  2. University of Glasgow

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    24 h-index

    192 publications

    176K citations

  3. Copenhagen University Hospital

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    24 h-index

    120 publications

    18.7K citations

  4. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    24 h-index

    198 publications

    179.7K citations

  5. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

    Bethesda, United States

    24 h-index

    91 publications

    6.1K citations

  6. Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    23 h-index

    178 publications

    175.1K citations

  7. Rigshospitalet

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    23 h-index

    115 publications

    8K citations

  8. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    21 h-index

    66 publications

    3.7K citations

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Venues

  1. Infection and Immunity

    IAI · 69 publications · 3.8K citations

    39

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  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 35 publications · 3K citations

    27

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  3. Molecular and Cellular Biology

    MCB · 34 publications · 1.6K citations

    24

    h-index

  4. The Journal of Infectious Diseases

    JID · 25 publications · 1.8K citations

    23

    h-index

  5. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

    35 publications · 1.5K citations

    21

    h-index

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