Fig. 7.
Proposed model of the regulation of IRBC adhesion to CD36 on HDMECs under flow conditions.
The initial attachment of IRBCs to CD36 (step 1) leads to an Src-family kinase–dependent intracellular signal (step 2) that is responsible for increasing subsequent IRBC adhesion to CD36 by means of an ecto-ALP (step 3) that dephosphorylates and hence increases the binding affinity of CD36 for IRBCs (step 4).