The PTEX Pore Component EXP2 Is Important for Intrahepatic Development during the Plasmodium Liver Stage

T Hussain, J Linera-Gonzalez, JM Beck, MA Fierro… - Mbio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
During vertebrate infection, obligate intracellular malaria parasites develop within a
parasitophorous vacuole, which constitutes the interface between the parasite and its …

The promise of systems biology approaches for revealing host pathogen interactions in malaria

M Zuck, LS Austin, SA Danziger, JD Aitchison… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Despite global eradication efforts over the past century, malaria remains a devastating
public health burden, causing almost half a million deaths annually (WHO,). A detailed …

Genomic insights into host and parasite interactions during intracellular infection by Toxoplasma gondii

N Ulahannan, R Cutler, R Doña-Termine… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
To gain insights into the molecular interactions of an intracellular pathogen and its host cell,
we studied the gene expression and chromatin states of human fibroblasts infected with the …

A key role for lipoic acid synthesis during Plasmodium liver stage development

B Falkard, TRS Kumar, LS Hecht… - Cellular …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The successful navigation of malaria parasites through their life cycle, which alternates
between vertebrate hosts and mosquito vectors, requires a complex interplay of metabolite …

Quantification of sporozoite invasion, migration, and development by microscopy and flow cytometry

P Sinnis, P De La Vega, A Coppi, U Krzych… - Malaria: Methods and …, 2013 - Springer
There is an important role for in vitro assays to better understand the initial steps of malaria
infection. In this section, we describe both microscopy-based and flow cytometry-based …

Deletion of the APOBEC3B gene strongly impacts susceptibility to falciparum malaria

P Jha, S Sinha, K Kanchan, T Qidwai, A Narang… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2012 - Elsevier
APOBEC3B, a gene involved in innate response, exhibits insertion–deletion polymorphism
across world populations. We observed the insertion allele to be nearly fixed in malaria …

Early inhibition of fatty acid synthesis reduces generation of memory precursor effector T cells in chronic infection

SA Ibitokou, BE Dillon, M Sinha, B Szczesny… - The Journal of …, 2018 - journals.aai.org
Understanding the mechanisms of CD4 memory T cell (Tmem) differentiation in malaria is
critical for vaccine development. However, the metabolic regulation of CD4 Tmem …

Host-based prophylaxis successfully targets liver stage malaria parasites

AN Douglass, HS Kain, M Abdullahi, N Arang… - Molecular Therapy, 2015 - cell.com
Eliminating malaria parasites during the asymptomatic but obligate liver stages (LSs) of
infection would stop disease and subsequent transmission. Unfortunately, only a single …

New Agilent platform DNA microarrays for transcriptome analysis of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium berghei for the malaria research community

BFC Kafsack, HJ Painter, M Llinás - Malaria journal, 2012 - Springer
Background DNA microarrays have been a valuable tool in malaria research for over a
decade but remain in limited use in part due their relatively high cost, poor availability, and …

[HTML][HTML] Eimeria falciformis infection of the mouse caecum identifies opposing roles of IFNγ-regulated host pathways for the parasite development

M Schmid, E Heitlinger, S Spork, HJ Mollenkopf… - Mucosal …, 2014 - Elsevier
Intracellular parasites reprogram host functions for their survival and reproduction. The
extent and relevance of parasite-mediated host responses in vivo remains poorly studied …