They also showed that its expression appears to be physiologically significant during infection with P. falciparum, when CD36 acts as a receptor for rosetting of P. falciparum-infected RBC with uninfected RBC: in fact, CD36 is defined as a scavenger receptor that bind numerous ligands, including the selective interaction with a specific domain of the P. falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein1 (PfEMP1) (Glenister et al., 2009; Cabrera et al., 2019). Here, CD36 is linked to infection.