Perforin: structure, function, and role in human immunopathology

I Voskoboinik, MA Dunstone, K Baran… - Immunological …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The secretory granule‐mediated cell death pathway is the key mechanism for elimination of
virus‐infected and transformed target cells by cytotoxic lymphocytes. The formation of the …

Pathogenesis of cerebral malaria: new diagnostic tools, biomarkers, and therapeutic approaches

PK Sahu, S Satpathi, PK Behera, SK Mishra… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Cerebral malaria is a severe neuropathological complication of Plasmodium falciparum
infection. It results in high mortality and post-recovery neuro-cognitive disorders in children …

A rapid murine coma and behavior scale for quantitative assessment of murine cerebral malaria

RW Carroll, MS Wainwright, KY Kim, T Kidambi… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background Cerebral malaria (CM) is a neurological syndrome that includes coma and
seizures following malaria parasite infection. The pathophysiology is not fully understood …

[HTML][HTML] Cerebral malaria: we have come a long way

HJ Shikani, BD Freeman, MP Lisanti, LM Weiss… - The American journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Despite decades of research, cerebral malaria remains one of the most serious
complications of Plasmodium infection and is a significant burden in Sub-Saharan Africa …

[HTML][HTML] Murine cerebral malaria is associated with a vasospasm-like microcirculatory dysfunction, and survival upon rescue treatment is markedly increased by …

P Cabrales, GM Zanini, D Meays, JA Frangos… - The American journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Brain hemodynamics in cerebral malaria (CM) is poorly understood, with apparently
conflicting data showing microcirculatory hypoperfusion and normal or even increased …

Hyperbaric oxygen augments susceptibility to C. difficile infection by impairing gut microbiota ability to stimulate the HIF-1α-IL-22 axis in ILC3

JL Fachi, LP Pral, HC Assis, S Oliveira… - Gut …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy is a well-established method for improving tissue
oxygenation and is typically used for the treatment of various inflammatory conditions …

Atypical activation of dendritic cells by Plasmodium falciparum

A Götz, MS Tang, MC Ty, C Arama… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Dendritic cells (DCs) are activated by pathogens to initiate and shape immune responses.
We found that the activation of DCs by Plasmodium falciparum, the main causative agent of …

Hypoxia promotes liver-stage malaria infection in primary human hepatocytes in vitro

S Ng, S March, A Galstian, K Hanson… - Disease models & …, 2014 - journals.biologists.com
Homeostasis of mammalian cell function strictly depends on balancing oxygen exposure to
maintain energy metabolism without producing excessive reactive oxygen species. In vivo …

Expression of aquaporin-1 and aquaporin-5 in a rat model of high-altitude pulmonary edema and the effect of hyperbaric oxygen exposure

J Tan, C Gao, C Wang, L Ma, X Hou, X Liu… - Dose …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To investigate the therapeutic roles of hyperbaric oxygen exposure on high-
altitude pulmonary edema and to determine whether aquaporin-1 and aquaporin-5 were …

[HTML][HTML] CNS hypoxia is more pronounced in murine cerebral than noncerebral malaria and is reversed by erythropoietin

C Hempel, V Combes, NH Hunt, JAL Kurtzhals… - The American journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Cerebral malaria (CM) is associated with high mortality and risk of sequelae, and
development of adjunct therapies is hampered by limited knowledge of its pathogenesis. To …