Cytokines and chemokines in cerebral malaria pathogenesis

J Dunst, F Kamena, K Matuschewski - Frontiers in cellular and …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Cerebral malaria is among the major causes of malaria-associated mortality and effective
adjunctive therapeutic strategies are currently lacking. Central pathophysiological processes …

Parasite recognition and signaling mechanisms in innate immune responses to malaria

DC Gowda, X Wu - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Malaria caused by the Plasmodium family of parasites, especially P. falciparum and P. vivax,
is a major health problem in many countries in the tropical and subtropical regions of the …

Modulation of the innate immune response by targeting toll-like receptors: a perspective on their agonists and antagonists

S Federico, L Pozzetti, A Papa, G Carullo… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are a class of proteins that recognize pathogen-associated
molecular patterns (PAMPs) and damaged-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs), and …

Dissecting the mechanisms of pathogenesis in cerebral malaria

A Ramachandran, A Sharma - PLoS pathogens, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Cerebral malaria (CM) is one of the leading causes of death due to malaria. It is
characterised by coma, presence of asexual parasites in blood smear, and absence of any …

Extracellular vesicles from early stage Plasmodium falciparum‐infected red blood cells contain PfEMP1 and induce transcriptional changes in human monocytes

NG Sampaio, SJ Emery, AL Garnham… - Cellular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Pathogens can release extracellular vesicles (EVs) for cell–cell communication and host
modulation. EVs from Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest malaria parasite species, can …

The regulation of CD4+ T cells during malaria

R Kumar, JR Loughland, SS Ng, MJ Boyle… - Immunological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Malaria is a major global health problem. Despite decades of research, there is still no
effective vaccine to prevent disease in the majority of people living in malaria‐endemic …

Dendritic cell responses and function in malaria

XZ Yap, RJ Lundie, JG Beeson, M O'Keeffe - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Malaria remains a serious threat to global health. Sustained malaria control and, eventually,
eradication will only be achieved with a broadly effective malaria vaccine. Yet a fundamental …

Plasmodium falciparum PfEMP1 modulates monocyte/macrophage transcription factor activation and cytokine and chemokine responses

NG Sampaio, EM Eriksson, L Schofield - Infection and immunity, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Immunity to Plasmodium falciparum malaria is slow to develop, and it is often asserted that
malaria suppresses host immunity, although this is poorly understood and the molecular …

Modulation of innate immune responses at birth by prenatal malaria exposure and association with malaria risk during the first year of life

HM Natama, G Moncunill, E Rovira-Vallbona, H Sanz… - BMC medicine, 2018 - Springer
Background Factors driving inter-individual differences in immune responses upon different
types of prenatal malaria exposure (PME) and subsequent risk of malaria in infancy remain …

Trained immunity from the perspective of Plasmodium infection

J Li, L Liu, D Chen, W Yin… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The immune system of vertebrates includes innate immunity and adaptive immunity, and the
network between them enables the host to fight against invasions of various pathogens …