[HTML][HTML] Advances in omics-based methods to identify novel targets for malaria and other parasitic protozoan infections

AN Cowell, EA Winzeler - Genome medicine, 2019 - Springer
A major advance in antimalarial drug discovery has been the shift towards cell-based
phenotypic screening, with notable progress in the screening of compounds against the …

Polymeric nanoparticle based diagnosis and nanomedicine for treatment and development of vaccines for cerebral malaria: a review on recent advancement

S Patra, M Singh, K Wasnik, D Pareek… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Cerebral malaria occurs due to Plasmodium falciparum infection, which causes 228 million
infections and 450,000 deaths worldwide every year. African people are mostly affected with …

[HTML][HTML] Malaria protection due to sickle haemoglobin depends on parasite genotype

G Band, EM Leffler, M Jallow, F Sisay-Joof, CM Ndila… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Host genetic factors can confer resistance against malaria, raising the question of whether
this has led to evolutionary adaptation of parasite populations. Here we searched for …

Targeting and Inhibiting Plasmodium falciparum Using Ultra-small Gold Nanoparticles

S Varela-Aramburu, C Ghosh, F Goerdeler… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Malaria, a mosquito-borne disease caused by Plasmodium species, claims more than
400,000 lives globally each year. The increasing drug resistance of the parasite renders the …

[HTML][HTML] DeepMalaria: artificial intelligence driven discovery of potent antiplasmodials

A Keshavarzi Arshadi, M Salem, J Collins… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Antimalarial drugs are becoming less effective due to the emergence of drug resistance.
Resistance has been reported for all available malaria drugs, including artemisinin, thus …

Tafenoquine: A Step toward Malaria Elimination: Published as part of the Biochemistry series “Biochemistry to Bedside”

KY Lu, ER Derbyshire - Biochemistry, 2020 - ACS Publications
There is a pressing need for compounds with broad-spectrum activity against malaria
parasites at various life cycle stages to achieve malaria elimination. However, this goal …

Antimalarial drug resistance: a brief history of its spread in Indonesia

LE Fitri, AR Pawestri, N Winaris… - Drug Design …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Malaria remains to be a national and global challenge and priority, as stated in the strategic
plan of the Indonesian Ministry of Health and Sustainable Development Goals. In Indonesia …

[HTML][HTML] Chemoprotective antimalarials identified through quantitative high-throughput screening of Plasmodium blood and liver stage parasites

D Dorjsuren, RT Eastman, KJ Wicht, D Jansen… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The spread of Plasmodium falciparum parasites resistant to most first-line antimalarials
creates an imperative to enrich the drug discovery pipeline, preferably with curative …

Structure-based virtual screening approach reveals natural multi-target compounds for the development of antimalarial drugs to combat drug resistance

B Naik, N Gupta, P Godara, V Srivastava… - Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Compared to the previous year, there has been an increase of nearly 2 million malaria
cases in 2021. The emergence of drug-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum, the most …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic surveillance for monitoring the impact of drug use on Plasmodium falciparum populations

YD Ndiaye, DL Hartl, D McGregor, A Badiane… - International Journal for …, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of antimalarial drugs is an effective strategy in the fight against malaria. However,
selection of drug resistant parasites is a constant threat to the continued use of this …