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 …

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 …

Epidemiology and infectivity of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax gametocytes in relation to malaria control and elimination

T Bousema, C Drakeley - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Malaria remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the tropics, with Plasmodium
falciparum responsible for the majority of the disease burden and P. vivax being the …

TNF‐mediated inflammatory disease

JR Bradley - The Journal of Pathology: A Journal of the …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
TNF was originally described as a circulating factor that can cause necrosis of tumours, but
has since been identified as a key regulator of the inflammatory response. This review …

Cerebral Plasmodium falciparum malaria: The role of PfEMP1 in its pathogenesis and immunity, and PfEMP1‐based vaccines to prevent it

AR Jensen, Y Adams, L Hviid - Immunological reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Malaria, a mosquito‐borne infectious disease caused by parasites of the genus Plasmodium
continues to be a major health problem worldwide. The unicellular Plasmodium‐parasites …

Effects of a polymorphism in the human tumor necrosis factor α promoter on transcriptional activation

AG Wilson, JA Symons, TL McDowell… - Proceedings of the …, 1997 - National Acad Sciences
Tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) is a potent immunomodulator and proinflammatory cytokine
that has been implicated in the pathogenesis of autoimmune and infectious diseases. For …

Common West African HLA antigens are associated with protection from severe malaria

AVS Hill, CEM Allsopp, D Kwiatkowski, NM Anstey… - Nature, 1991 - nature.com
A large case-control study of malaria in West African children shows that a human leucocyte
class I antigen (HLA-Bw53) and an HLA class II haplotype (DRB1* 1302–DQB1* 0501) …

Severe falciparum malaria

World Health Organization - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical …, 2000 - Elsevier
A further meeting, sponsored by WHO, was held on 4-8 December 1995 in Geneva. The
purpose was to review in great detail the latest scientific evidence for, and practical …

Quinoline antimalarials: mechanisms of action and resistance and prospects for new agents

M Foley, L Tilley - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 1998 - Elsevier
Quinoline-containing antimalarial drugs, such as chloroquine, quinine and mefloquine, are
mainstays of chemotherapy against malaria. The molecular basis of the action of these …

Oxidative stress in malaria parasite-infected erythrocytes: host–parasite interactions

K Becker, L Tilley, JL Vennerstrom, D Roberts… - International journal for …, 2004 - Elsevier
Experimenta naturae, like the glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, indicate that
malaria parasites are highly susceptible to alterations in the redox equilibrium. This offers a …