Deciphering the Plasmodium falciparum perinuclear var gene expression site

G Diffendall, A Scherf - Trends in Parasitology, 2024 - cell.com
The protozoan parasite Plasmodium falciparum, responsible for the deadliest form of human
malaria, employs antigenic variation via monoallelic expression as a key survival strategy …

RNA polymerase III is involved in regulating Plasmodium falciparum virulence

G Diffendall, A Claes, A Barcons-Simon, P Nyarko… - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
While often undetected and untreated, persistent seasonal asymptomatic malaria infections
remain a global public health problem. Despite the presence of parasites in the peripheral …

Dissecting EXP2 sequence requirements for protein export in malaria parasites

EL Pitman, NA Counihan, JK Modak… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Apicomplexan parasites that reside within a parasitophorous vacuole harbor a conserved
pore-forming protein that enables small-molecule transfer across the parasitophorous …

A novel computational pipeline for var gene expression augments the discovery of changes in the Plasmodium falciparum transcriptome during transition from in vivo …

C Andradi-Brown, JS Wichers-Misterek, H von Thien… - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
The pathogenesis of severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria involves cytoadhesive
microvascular sequestration of infected erythrocytes, mediated by P. falciparum erythrocyte …

Infected erythrocytes and plasma proteomics reveal a specific protein signature of severe malaria

J Fraering, V Salnot, EF Gautier… - EMBO Molecular …, 2024 - embopress.org
Cerebral malaria (CM), the most lethal complication of Plasmodium falciparum severe
malaria (SM), remains fatal for 15–25% of affected children despite the availability of …

[HTML][HTML] Role of cytokines in immunomodulation during malaria clearance

EI Obeagu - Annals of Medicine and Surgery, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Malaria remains a significant global health challenge, demanding a deeper understanding
of host immune responses for effective clearance of the parasitic infection. Cytokines, as …

Role for gene conversion in the evolution of cell-surface antigens of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

B Letcher, S Maciuca, Z Iqbal - Plos Biology, 2024 - journals.plos.org
While the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum has low average genome-wide diversity
levels, likely due to its recent introduction from a gorilla-infecting ancestor (approximately …

Detection of naturally acquired, strain-transcending antibodies against rosetting Plasmodium falciparum strains in humans

FE McLean, Y Azasi, C Sutherland, E Toboh… - Infection and …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Strain-transcending antibodies against virulence-associated subsets of P. falciparum-
infected erythrocyte surface antigens could protect children from severe malaria. However …

Plasmodium vivax tryptophan-rich antigen reduces type I collagen secretion via the NF-κBp65 pathway in splenic fibroblasts

WZ Kong, HY Zhang, YF Sun, J Song, J Jiang… - Parasites & …, 2024 - Springer
Background The spleen plays a critical role in the immune response against malaria
parasite infection, where splenic fibroblasts (SFs) are abundantly present and contribute to …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring malaria parasite surface proteins to devise highly immunogenic multi-epitope subunit vaccine for Plasmodium falciparum

P Bhalerao, S Singh, VK Prajapati, TK Bhatt - Journal of Genetic …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Malaria has remained a major health concern for decades among people living
in tropical and sub-tropical countries. Plasmodium falciparum is one of the critical species …