CD36 and malaria: In a case-control study of severe malaria conducted in Bandiagara, predominant expression of PfEMP1s that bind to the endothelial receptor CD36 was associated with hyperparasitemia, while expression of members of a distinct PfEMP1 group—which cannot bind to CD36 and have an as yet incompletely characterized set of targets—predominated in cerebral malaria episodes17.