[HTML][HTML] In vitro models for human malaria: targeting the liver stage

AL Valenciano, MG Gomez-Lorenzo… - Trends in …, 2022 - cell.com
The Plasmodium liver stage represents a vulnerable therapeutic target to prevent disease
progression as the parasite resides in the liver before clinical representation caused by …

Sexual differentiation in human malaria parasites is regulated by competition between phospholipid metabolism and histone methylation

CT Harris, X Tong, R Campelo, IM Marreiros… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
For Plasmodium falciparum, the most widespread and virulent malaria parasite that infects
humans, persistence depends on continuous asexual replication in red blood cells, while …

Let it glow: genetically encoded fluorescent reporters in Plasmodium

PJ Thiele, R Mela-Lopez, SA Blandin, D Klug - Malaria Journal, 2024 - Springer
The use of fluorescent proteins (FPs) in Plasmodium parasites has been key to understand
the biology of this obligate intracellular protozoon. FPs like the green fluorescent protein …

Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte culture and mosquito infection through artificial membrane feeding

AK Tripathi, G Mlambo, S Kanatani, P Sinnis… - JoVE (Journal of …, 2020 - jove.com
Malaria remains one of the most important public health problems, causing significant
morbidity and mortality. Malaria is a mosquito borne disease transmitted through an …

A versatile Plasmodium falciparum reporter line expressing NanoLuc enables highly sensitive multi-stage drug assays

Y Miyazaki, MW Vos, FJA Geurten, P Bigeard… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Transgenic luciferase-expressing Plasmodium falciparum parasites have been widely used
for the evaluation of anti-malarial compounds. Here, to screen for anti-malarial drugs …

Activity of epigenetic inhibitors against Plasmodium falciparum asexual and sexual blood stages

LN Vanheer, H Zhang, G Lin… - Antimicrobial agents and …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Earlier genetic and inhibitor studies showed that epigenetic regulation of gene expression is
critical for malaria parasite survival in multiple life stages and a promising target for new …

Phthalimide analogs for antimalarial drug discovery

M Bansal, C Upadhyay, S Kumar, B Rathi - RSC Medicinal Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Malaria remains one of the world's most life-threatening diseases and, thus, it is a major
public health concern all around the world. The disease can become devastating if not …

Comparative intravital imaging of human and rodent malaria sporozoites reveals the skin is not a species‐specific barrier

CS Hopp, S Kanatani, NK Archer, RJ Miller… - EMBO Molecular …, 2021 - embopress.org
Malaria infection starts with the injection of Plasmodium sporozoites into the host's skin.
Sporozoites are motile and move in the skin to find and enter blood vessels to be carried to …

Genome-wide profiling of histone modifications in Plasmodium falciparum using CUT&RUN

RC Morillo, CT Harris, K Kennedy… - Life Science …, 2023 - life-science-alliance.org
We recently adapted a CUT&RUN protocol for genome-wide profiling of chromatin
modifications in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium. Using the step-by-step protocol …

Metabolic competition between lipid metabolism and histone methylation regulates sexual differentiation in human malaria parasites

CT Harris, X Tong, R Campelo, LN Vanheer… - BioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Like most pathogens, malaria parasites balance persistence in the current host with
transmission to the next. For Plasmodium falciparum, the most widespread and virulent …