Malaria: biology and disease

AF Cowman, J Healer, D Marapana, K Marsh - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Malaria has been a major global health problem of humans through history and is a leading
cause of death and disease across many tropical and subtropical countries. Over the last …

Antimalarial drug resistance: linking Plasmodium falciparum parasite biology to the clinic

B Blasco, D Leroy, DA Fidock - Nature medicine, 2017 - nature.com
The global adoption of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) in the early 2000s
heralded a new era in effectively treating drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria …

Uncovering the essential genes of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum by saturation mutagenesis

M Zhang, C Wang, TD Otto, J Oberstaller, X Liao… - Science, 2018 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Malaria remains a devastating global parasitic disease, with the majority of
malaria deaths caused by the highly virulent Plasmodium falciparum. The extreme AT-bias …

Drug resistance in Plasmodium

K Haldar, S Bhattacharjee, I Safeukui - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2018 - nature.com
A marked decrease in malaria-related deaths worldwide has been attributed to the
administration of effective antimalarials against Plasmodium falciparum, in particular …

Antimalarial drug resistance: a threat to malaria elimination

D Menard, A Dondorp - Cold Spring …, 2017 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Increasing antimalarial drug resistance once again threatens effective antimalarial drug
treatment, malaria control, and elimination. Artemisinin combination therapies (ACTs) are …

Haem-activated promiscuous targeting of artemisinin in Plasmodium falciparum

J Wang, CJ Zhang, WN Chia, CCY Loh, Z Li… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
The mechanism of action of artemisinin and its derivatives, the most potent of the anti-
malarial drugs, is not completely understood. Here we present an unbiased chemical …

Artemisinin kills malaria parasites by damaging proteins and inhibiting the proteasome

JL Bridgford, SC Xie, SA Cobbold, CFA Pasaje… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Artemisinin and its derivatives (collectively referred to as ARTs) rapidly reduce the parasite
burden in Plasmodium falciparum infections, and antimalarial control is highly dependent on …

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 …

Artemisinin action and resistance in Plasmodium falciparum

L Tilley, J Straimer, NF Gnädig, SA Ralph… - Trends in …, 2016 - cell.com
The worldwide use of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) has contributed in
recent years to a substantial reduction in deaths resulting from Plasmodium falciparum …

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 …