Duffy antigen (DARC)

Duffy antigen/chemokine receptor (DARC) is a protein located on the surface of red blood cells, and is a receptor for the malarial parasite Plasmodium vivax and a non-specific receptor for several chemokines.

Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines (DARC)

Publications
Shooting At The DARC: Potential Issues with Species-Specific Antimalarials.
Woolley I. Horne K.
Infect Disord Drug Targets 2012 Oct 1;12(5):357-9.
PMID:23017161 [PubMed – in process]

Southeast Asian ovalocytosis is associated with increased expression of Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines (DARC).
Woolley IJ, Hutchinson P, Reeder JC, Kazura JW, Cortés A.
Immunohematology. 2009;25(2):63-6.
PMID: 19927622 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

Duffy antigen expression on reticulocytes does not alter following blood loss in an autologous donation model.
Woolley IJ, Brown CM, Hutchinson P, Turkou V, Visvanathan K, Wood EM.
Vox Sang. 2009 Oct;97(3):268-72. Epub 2009 Jun 22.
PMID: 19552696 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

Duffy antigen polymorphisms do not alter progression of HIV in African Americans in the MACS cohort.
Horne KC, Li X, Jacobson LP, Palella F, Jamieson BD, Margolick JB, Martinson J, Turkozu V, Visvanathan K, Woolley IJ.
Cell Host Microbe. 2009 May 8;5(5):415-7; author reply 418-9. No abstract available.
PMID: 19454342 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

Shedding light on DARC: the role of the Duffy antigen/receptor for chemokines in inflammation, infection and malignancy.
Horne K, Woolley IJ.
Inflamm Res. 2009 Aug;58(8):431-5. Epub 2009 Mar 17. No abstract available.
PMID: 19290478 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

Expression of Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines during reticulocyte maturation: using a CD71 flow cytometric technique to identify reticulocytes.
Woolley IJ, Wood EM, Sramkoski RM, Zimmerman PA, Miller JP, Kazura JW.
Immunohematology. 2005;21(1):15-20.
PMID: 15783301 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]