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  1. Deposition of complement regulators on the surface of Plasmodium falciparum merozoites depends on the immune status of the host

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, April 2025, PLOS

    Dr Lea K Barfod

  2. Acquisition and decay of IgM and IgG responses to merozoite antigens after Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Ghanaian children

    Article • PLOS One, December 2020, PLOS

    Dr Lea K Barfod

  3. Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Erythrocyte Knob Density Is Linked to the PfEMP1 Variant Expressed

    Article • mBio, October 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Lea K Barfod, Ramesh Subramani

  4. Mapping the Binding Site of a Cross-Reactive Plasmodium falciparum PfEMP1 Monoclonal Antibody Inhibitory of ICAM-1 Binding

    Article • The Journal of Immunology, August 2015, The American Association of Immunologists

    Dr Lea K Barfod

  5. Multiple Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane Protein 1 Variants per Genome Can Bind IgM via Its Fc Fragment Fcμ

    Article • Infection and Immunity, July 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Lea K Barfod

  6. α2-Macroglobulin Can Crosslink Multiple Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane Protein 1 (PfEMP1) Molecules and May Facilitate Adhesion of Parasitized Erythrocytes

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, July 2015, PLOS

    Dr Lea K Barfod

  7. Trying to remember: immunological B cell memory to malaria

    Article • Trends in Parasitology, March 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Lea K Barfod

  8. Investigating the function of Fc-specific binding of IgM toPlasmodium falciparumerythrocyte membrane protein 1 mediating erythrocyte rosetting

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, January 2015, Wiley

    Dr Lea K Barfod

  9. Inhibition of Plasmepsin V Activity Demonstrates Its Essential Role in Protein Export, PfEMP1 Display, and Survival of Malaria Parasites

    Article • PLoS Biology, July 2014, PLOS

    Dr Brad E Sleebs, Dr Lea K Barfod, Dr Philip J. Shaw

  10. Kinetics of B Cell Responses to Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane Protein 1 in Ghanaian Women Naturally Exposed to Malaria Parasites

    Article • The Journal of Immunology, April 2014, The American Association of Immunologists

    Dr Lea K Barfod

  11. The Malaria Pigment Hemozoin Comprises at Most Four Different Isomer Units in Two Crystalline Models: Chiral as Based on a Biochemical Hypothesis or Centrosymmetric Made of Enantiomorphous Sectors

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, April 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Lea K Barfod

  12. B-Cell Responses to Pregnancy-Restricted and -Unrestricted Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane Protein 1 Antigens in Ghanaian Women Naturally Exposed to Malaria Parasites

    Article • Infection and Immunity, February 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Lea K Barfod

  13. The Density of Knobs on Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Erythrocytes Depends on Developmental Age and Varies among Isolates

    Article • PLOS One, September 2012, PLOS

    Dr Lea K Barfod

  14. Evasion of immunity to Plasmodium falciparum malaria by IgM masking of protective IgG epitopes in infected erythrocyte surface-exposed PfEMP1

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 2011, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Lea K Barfod

  15. Chondroitin Sulfate A-Adhering Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Erythrocytes Express Functionally Important Antibody Epitopes Shared by Multiple Variants

    Article • The Journal of Immunology, November 2010, The American Association of Immunologists

    Dr Lea K Barfod, Professor Chwee Teck Lim

  16. The kinetics of antibody binding to Plasmodium falciparum VAR2CSA PfEMP1 antigen and modelling of PfEMP1 antigen packing on the membrane knobs

    Article • Malaria Journal, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lea K Barfod

  17. Human monoclonal IgG selection ofPlasmodium falciparumfor the expression of placental malaria-specific variant surface antigens

    Article • Parasite Immunology, June 2009, Wiley

    Dr Lea K Barfod

  18. Malaria vaccines: immunity, models and monoclonal antibodies

    Article • Trends in Parasitology, September 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Lea K Barfod

  19. Human pregnancy-associated malaria-specific B cells target polymorphic, conformational epitopes in VAR2CSA

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, November 2006, Wiley

    Dr Lea K Barfod

  20. Baculovirus-Expressed Constructs Induce Immunoglobulin G That Recognizes VAR2CSA on Plasmodium falciparum- Infected Erythrocytes

    Article • Infection and Immunity, July 2006, ASM Journals

    Dr Lea K Barfod

  21. Chalcones from Chinese liquorice inhibit proliferation of T cells and production of cytokines

    Article • International Immunopharmacology, March 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Lea K Barfod