Pathogenetic mechanisms and treatment targets in cerebral malaria

A Hadjilaou, J Brandi, M Riehn, MA Friese… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Malaria, the most prevalent mosquito-borne infectious disease worldwide, has accompanied
humanity for millennia and remains an important public health issue despite advances in its …

Pathogenicity and virulence of malaria: Sticky problems and tricky solutions

IS Walker, SJ Rogerson - Virulence, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Infections with Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax cause over 600,000 deaths
each year, concentrated in Africa and in young children, but much of the world's population …

CD36—A host receptor necessary for malaria parasites to establish and maintain infection

A Bachmann, NG Metwally, J Allweier, J Cronshagen… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes (Pf IEs) present P. falciparum erythrocyte
membrane protein 1 proteins (Pf EMP1s) on the cell surface, via which they cytoadhere to …

The Kelch13 compartment contains highly divergent vesicle trafficking proteins in malaria parasites

S Schmidt, JS Wichers-Misterek, HM Behrens… - Plos …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Single amino acid changes in the parasite protein Kelch13 (K13) result in reduced
susceptibility of P. falciparum parasites to artemisinin and its derivatives (ART). Recent work …

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 …

Antibody to Plasmodium falciparum Variant Surface Antigens, var Gene Transcription, and ABO Blood Group in Children With Severe or Uncomplicated Malaria

P Barua, MF Duffy, L Manning, M Laman… - The Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Antibodies to variant surface antigens (VSAs) such as Plasmodium falciparum
erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) may vary with malaria severity. The influence of …

The exception that proves the rule: Virulence gene expression at the onset of Plasmodium falciparum blood stage infections

JS Wichers-Misterek, R Krumkamp, J Held… - Plos …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Controlled human malaria infections (CHMI) are a valuable tool to study parasite gene
expression in vivo under defined conditions. In previous studies, virulence gene expression …

[HTML][HTML] Elevated plasma soluble ST2 levels are associated with neuronal injury and neurocognitive impairment in children with cerebral malaria

EM Fernander, P Adogamhe, D Datta… - Pathogens and …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Murine experimental cerebral malaria studies suggest both protective and
deleterious central nervous system effects from alterations in the interleukin-33 (IL-33)/ST2 …

Altered Cytokine Response of Human Brain Endothelial Cells after Stimulation with Malaria Patient Plasma

M Raacke, A Kerr, M Dörpinghaus, J Brehmer, Y Wu… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Infections with the deadliest malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, are accompanied by
a strong immunological response of the human host. To date, more than 30 cytokines have …

Transcriptome Analysis of Plasmodium falciparum Isolates From Benin Reveals Specific Gene Expression Associated With Cerebral Malaria

E Guillochon, J Fraering, V Joste… - The Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Cerebral malaria (CM) is the severest form of Plasmodium falciparum infection. Children
under 5 years old are those most vulnerable to CM, and they consequently have the highest …