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 …

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 …

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 …

A molecular mechanism of artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum malaria

A Mbengue, S Bhattacharjee, T Pandharkar, H Liu… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Artemisinins are the cornerstone of anti-malarial drugs. Emergence and spread of resistance
to them,, raises risk of wiping out recent gains achieved in reducing worldwide malaria …

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 …

Decreased susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum to both dihydroartemisinin and lumefantrine in northern Uganda

PK Tumwebaze, MD Conrad, M Okitwi, S Orena… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Artemisinin partial resistance may facilitate selection of Plasmodium falciparum resistant to
combination therapy partner drugs. We evaluated 99 P. falciparum isolates collected in 2021 …

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 …

What has traditional Chinese medicine delivered for modern medicine?

J Wang, YK Wong, F Liao - Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine, 2018 - cambridge.org
The field of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) represents a vast and largely untapped
resource for modern medicine. Exemplified by the success of the antimalarial artemisinin …

Emergence, transmission dynamics and mechanisms of artemisinin partial resistance in malaria parasites in Africa

PJ Rosenthal, V Asua, MD Conrad - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2024 - nature.com
Malaria, mostly due to Plasmodium falciparum infection in Africa, remains one of the most
important infectious diseases in the world. Standard treatment for uncomplicated P …