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 …

[HTML][HTML] Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-targeted therapies: Challenges upon infectious diseases

IS Kim, P Silwal, EK Jo - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) α, β, and γ are nuclear receptors that
orchestrate the transcriptional regulation of genes involved in a variety of biological …

Plasmodium falciparum and TNF-α differentially regulate inflammatory and barrier integrity pathways in human brain endothelial cells

M Zuniga, C Gomes, Z Chen, C Martinez, JC Devlin… - MBio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cerebral malaria is a severe complication of Plasmodium falciparum infection characterized
by the loss of blood-brain barrier (BBB) integrity, which is associated with brain swelling and …

[HTML][HTML] Dimethyl fumarate triggers the antioxidant defense system in human retinal endothelial cells through Nrf2 activation

F Manai, M Amadio - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Dimethyl fumarate (DMF) is a well-known activator of Nrf2 (NF-E2-related factor 2), used in
the treatment of psoriasis and multiple sclerosis. The mechanism of action consists in the …

Cerebral malaria – modelling interactions at the blood–brain barrier in vitro

Y Adams, AR Jensen - Disease Models & Mechanisms, 2022 - journals.biologists.com
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a continuous endothelial barrier that is supported by
pericytes and astrocytes and regulates the passage of solutes between the bloodstream and …

[HTML][HTML] History of tuberculosis disease is associated with genetic regulatory variation in Peruvians

VE Nieto-Caballero, JF Reijneveld, A Ruvalcaba… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
A quarter of humanity is estimated to have been exposed to Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(Mtb) with a 5–10% risk of developing tuberculosis (TB) disease. Variability in responses to …

[HTML][HTML] Diffraction contrast in cryo-scanning transmission electron tomography reveals the boundary of hemozoin crystals in situ

D Mullick, K Rechav, L Leiserowitz… - Faraday …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Malaria is a potentially fatal infectious disease caused by the obligate intracellular parasite
Plasmodium falciparum. The parasite infects human red blood cells (RBC) and derives …

[HTML][HTML] Biochemical characteristics of patients with imported malaria

D Bi, J Lin, X Luo, L Lin, X Tang, X Luo, Y Lu… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objectives This study aimed to investigate the clinical and biochemical profiles of patients
with imported malaria infection between 1 January 2011 and 30 April 2022 and admitted to …

[HTML][HTML] The role of Nrf2 signaling in parasitic diseases and its therapeutic potential

M Vatankhah, R Panahizadeh, A Safari, A Ziyabakhsh… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
In response to invading parasites, one of the principal arms of innate immunity is oxidative
stress, caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS). However, oxidative stresses play dual …

[HTML][HTML] A human pluripotent stem cell-derived in vitro model of the blood–brain barrier in cerebral malaria

A Gopinadhan, JM Hughes, AL Conroy… - Fluids and Barriers of …, 2024 - Springer
Background Blood–brain barrier (BBB) disruption is a central feature of cerebral malaria
(CM), a severe complication of Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) infections. In CM, sequestration …