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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

A molecular marker of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria

F Ariey, B Witkowski, C Amaratunga, J Beghain… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Plasmodium falciparum resistance to artemisinin derivatives in southeast Asia threatens
malaria control and elimination activities worldwide. To monitor the spread of artemisinin …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Population transcriptomics of human malaria parasites reveals the mechanism of artemisinin resistance

S Mok, EA Ashley, PE Ferreira, L Zhu, Z Lin, T Yeo… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum threatens global efforts to control and
eliminate malaria. Polymorphisms in the kelch domain–carrying protein K13 are associated …

Novel phenotypic assays for the detection of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Cambodia: in-vitro and ex-vivo drug-response studies

B Witkowski, C Amaratunga, N Khim… - The Lancet infectious …, 2013 - thelancet.com
Summary Background Artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum lengthens parasite
clearance half-life during artemisinin monotherapy or artemisinin-based combination …

A Kelch13-defined endocytosis pathway mediates artemisinin resistance in malaria parasites

J Birnbaum, S Scharf, S Schmidt, E Jonscher… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Artemisinin and its derivatives (ARTs) are the frontline drugs against malaria, but resistance
is jeopardizing their effectiveness. ART resistance is mediated by mutations in the parasite's …