MicrobiologybioRxiv
Zonal human hepatocytes are differentially permissive to Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites
A. S.-P. Yang, Y. M. van Waardenburg, M. van de Vegte-Bolmer…·R. W. Sauerwein
The paper shows that Plasmodium falciparum preferentially infects zone 3 hepatocytes expressing glutamine synthetase, highlighting metabolic differences in liver cell subtypes.
DOI 10.15252/embj.2020106583