Maria del Pilar Quintana Varon

Maria del Pilar Quintana Varon

Postdoc, Assistant Professor

Member of:

  • SURFACE team


  1. 2019
  2. Published

    Comprehensive analysis of Fc-mediated IgM binding to the Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 family in three parasite clones

    Quintana Varon, Maria del Pilar, Ecklu-Mensah, G., Tcherniuk, S. O., Ditlev, S. B., Oleinikov, A. V., Hviid, Lars & Lopez-Perez, Mary, 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 1, 11 p., 6050.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Evasion of classical complement pathway activation on Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes opsonized by PfEMP1-specific IgG

    Larsen, M. D., Quintana Varon, Maria del Pilar, Ditlev, S. B., Bayarri-Olmos, R., Ofori, M. F., Hviid, Lars & Garred, Peter, 2019, In: Frontiers in Immunology. 9, 3088.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    High frequencies of tumor-infiltrating and circulating γδ T cells in endemic Burkitt lymphoma patients

    Smith-Togobo, C., Quintana Varon, Maria del Pilar, Ofori, M. F. & Hviid, Lars, 2019, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 101, S5, p. 563-563 1830.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearch

  5. 2018
  6. Antibodies in children with malaria to PfEMP1, RIFIN and SURFIN expressed at the Plasmodium falciparum parasitized red blood cell surface

    Quintana Varon, Maria del Pilar, Ch'ng, J. H., Moll, K., Zandian, A., Nilsson, P., Idris, Z. M., Saiwaew, S., Qundos, U. & Wahlgren, M., 1 Dec 2018, In: Scientific Reports. 8, 1, 3295.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    SURGE complex of Plasmodium falciparum in the rhoptry-neck (SURFIN4.2-RON4-GLURP) contributes to merozoite invasion

    Quintana Varon, Maria del Pilar, Ch'ng, J., Zandian, A., Imam, M., Hultenby, K., Theisen, Michael, Nilsson, P., Qundos, U., Moll, K., Chan, S. & Wahlgren, M., 2018, In: PLOS ONE. 13, 8, 25 p., e0201669.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. 2017
  9. Regulation of PfEMP1-VAR2CSA translation by a Plasmodium translation-enhancing factor

    Chan, S., Frasch, A., Mandava, C. S., Ch'Ng, J. H., Quintana Varon, Maria del Pilar, Vesterlund, M., Ghorbal, M., Joannin, N., Franzén, O., Lopez-Rubio, J. J., Barbieri, S., Lanzavecchia, A., Sanyal, S. & Wahlgren, M., 8 May 2017, In: Nature Microbiology. 2, 17068.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Epitopes of anti-RIFIN antibodies and characterization of rif-expressing Plasmodium falciparum parasites by RNA sequencing

    Ch'Ng, J. H., Sirel, M., Zandian, A., Quintana Varon, Maria del Pilar, Chun Leung Chan, S., Moll, K., Tellgren-Roth, A., Nilsson, I., Nilsson, P., Qundos, U. & Wahlgren, M., 24 Feb 2017, In: Scientific Reports. 7, 43190.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. 2016
  12. Phagocytosis-inducing antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum upon immunization with a recombinant PfEMP1 NTS-DBL1α domain

    Quintana Varon, Maria del Pilar, Angeletti, D., Moll, K., Chen, Q. & Wahlgren, M., 17 Aug 2016, In: Malaria Journal. 15, 1, 416.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Rosette-Disrupting Effect of an Anti-Plasmodial Compound for the Potential Treatment of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Complications

    Ch'ng, J. H., Moll, K., Quintana Varon, Maria del Pilar, Chan, S. C. L., Masters, E., Moles, E., Liu, J., Eriksson, A. B. & Wahlgren, M., 11 Jul 2016, In: Scientific Reports. 6, 29317.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. 2013
  15. A Sequence in Subdomain 2 of DBL1α of Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane Protein 1 Induces Strain Transcending Antibodies

    Blomqvist, K., Albrecht, L., Quintana Varon, Maria del Pilar, Angeletti, D., Joannin, N., Chêne, A., Moll, K. & Wahlgren, M., 15 Jan 2013, In: PLoS ONE. 8, 1, e52679.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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