The immunological balance between host and parasite in malaria

K Deroost, TT Pham, G Opdenakker… - FEMS microbiology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Coevolution of humans and malaria parasites has generated an intricate balance between
the immune system of the host and virulence factors of the parasite, equilibrating maximal …

Pathogenic CD8+ T cells in experimental cerebral malaria

SW Howland, C Claser, CM Poh, SY Gun… - Seminars in …, 2015 - Springer
Cerebral malaria (CM) is one the major complications occurring during malaria infection.
The mechanisms leading to this syndrome are still not completely understood. Although it is …

Fenozyme protects the integrity of the blood–brain barrier against experimental cerebral malaria

S Zhao, H Duan, Y Yang, X Yan, K Fan - Nano Letters, 2019 - ACS Publications
Cerebral malaria is a lethal complication of malaria infection characterized by central
nervous system dysfunction and is often not effectively treated by antimalarial combination …

Activated brain endothelial cells cross-present malaria antigen

SW Howland, CM Poh, L Rénia - PLoS pathogens, 2015 - journals.plos.org
In the murine model of cerebral malaria caused by P. berghei ANKA (PbA), parasite-specific
CD8+ T cells directly induce pathology and have long been hypothesized to kill brain …

The ins and outs of cerebral malaria pathogenesis: immunopathology, extracellular vesicles, immunometabolism, and trained immunity

F Sierro, GER Grau - Frontiers in Immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Complications from malaria parasite infections still cost the lives of close to half a million
people every year. The most severe is cerebral malaria (CM). Employing murine models of …

A quantitative brain map of experimental cerebral malaria pathology

P Strangward, MJ Haley, TN Shaw, JM Schwartz… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The murine model of experimental cerebral malaria (ECM) has been utilised extensively in
recent years to study the pathogenesis of human cerebral malaria (HCM). However, it has …

Pathogenesis of Anemia in Canine Babesiosis: Possible Contribution of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines and Chemokines—A Review

W Zygner, O Gójska-Zygner, LJ Norbury - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Canine babesiosis is a tick-borne protozoan disease caused by intraerythrocytic parasites of
the genus Babesia. The infection may lead to anemia in infected dogs. However, anemia is …

Novel variant serotype of Streptococcus suis isolated from piglets with meningitis

Z Pan, J Ma, W Dong, W Song, K Wang… - Applied and …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Streptococcus suis is an emerging zoonotic pathogen causing severe infections in pigs and
humans. In previous studies, 33 serotypes of S. suis have been identified using serum …

Malaria parasite heme biosynthesis promotes and griseofulvin protects against cerebral malaria in mice

M Chandana, A Anand, S Ghosh, R Das… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Heme-biosynthetic pathway of malaria parasite is dispensable for asexual stages, but
essential for mosquito and liver stages. Despite having backup mechanisms to acquire …

The role of chemokines in severe malaria: more than meets the eye

LJ Ioannidis, CQ Nie, DS Hansen - Parasitology, 2014 - cambridge.org
Plasmodium falciparum malaria is responsible for over 250 million clinical cases every year
worldwide. Severe malaria cases might present with a range of disease syndromes …