Analyses of the binding between Theileria orientalis major piroplasm surface proteins and bovine red blood cells

Heparin also inhibits the invasion of host RBCs by T. orientalis merozoites in a dose-dependent manner ( Hagiwara and others 1997 ). [...]sulfated polysaccharides, such as heparin and heparan sulfate inhibit parasite entry into RBCs. Acknowledgement: This study was supported by grant-in-aids for Young Scientists, Exploratory Research, Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (3308) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science, Sports, and Technology (MEXT) of Japan, the Program for Promotion of Basic and Applied Researches for Innovations in Bio-oriented Industry (BRAIN), the Science and Technology Research Promotion Program for Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Food Industry and the Program to Disseminate Tenure Tracking System from the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).