Antimalarial drug discovery: Progress and approaches

JL Siqueira-Neto, KJ Wicht, K Chibale… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Recent antimalarial drug discovery has been a race to produce new medicines that
overcome emerging drug resistance, whilst considering safety and improving dosing …

Molecular Mechanisms of Drug Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum Malaria

KJ Wicht, S Mok, DA Fidock - Annual review of microbiology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Understanding and controlling the spread of antimalarial resistance, particularly to
artemisinin and its partner drugs, is a top priority. Plasmodium falciparum parasites resistant …

Decreased susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum to both dihydroartemisinin and lumefantrine in northern Uganda

PK Tumwebaze, MD Conrad, M Okitwi, S Orena… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Artemisinin partial resistance may facilitate selection of Plasmodium falciparum resistant to
combination therapy partner drugs. We evaluated 99 P. falciparum isolates collected in 2021 …

Plasmodium falciparum K13 mutations in Africa and Asia impact artemisinin resistance and parasite fitness

BH Stokes, SK Dhingra, K Rubiano, S Mok, J Straimer… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
The emergence of mutant K13-mediated artemisinin (ART) resistance in Plasmodium
falciparum malaria parasites has led to widespread treatment failures across Southeast …

Artemisinin-resistant K13 mutations rewire Plasmodium falciparum's intra-erythrocytic metabolic program to enhance survival

S Mok, BH Stokes, NF Gnädig, LS Ross, T Yeo… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The emergence and spread of artemisinin resistance, driven by mutations in Plasmodium
falciparum K13, has compromised antimalarial efficacy and threatens the global malaria …

Emergence, transmission dynamics and mechanisms of artemisinin partial resistance in malaria parasites in Africa

PJ Rosenthal, V Asua, MD Conrad - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2024 - nature.com
Malaria, mostly due to Plasmodium falciparum infection in Africa, remains one of the most
important infectious diseases in the world. Standard treatment for uncomplicated P …

Artemisinin resistance in the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, originates from its initial transcriptional response

L Zhu, RW van der Pluijm, M Kucharski… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
The emergence and spread of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum, first in the
Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), and now in East Africa, is a major threat to global malaria …

[HTML][HTML] Plasmodium falciparum resistance to ACTs: Emergence, mechanisms, and outlook

FA Siddiqui, X Liang, L Cui - … Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug …, 2021 - Elsevier
Emergence and spread of resistance in Plasmodium falciparum to the frontline treatment
artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) in the epicenter of multidrug resistance of …

Antimalarial drug resistance and implications for the WHO global technical strategy

MM Ippolito, KA Moser, JBB Kabuya… - Current epidemiology …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Five years have passed since the World Health Organization
released its Global Technical Strategy for Malaria (GTS). In that time, progress against …

K13, the cytostome, and artemisinin resistance

SC Xie, SA Ralph, L Tilley - Trends in parasitology, 2020 - cell.com
Artemisinins–the frontline antimalarial drug class–are compromised by emerging resistance,
putting at risk the lives of hundreds of thousands of people each year. Resistance is …