The interplay between drug resistance and fitness in malaria parasites

PJ Rosenthal - Molecular microbiology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Controlling the spread of antimalarial drug resistance, especially resistance of P lasmodium
falciparum to artemisinin‐based combination therapies, is a high priority. Available data …

Antimalarial drugs: modes of action and mechanisms of parasite resistance

IB Müller, JE Hyde - Future microbiology, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Malaria represents one of the most serious threats to human health worldwide, and
preventing and curing this parasitic disease still depends predominantly on the …

Recent clinical and molecular insights into emerging artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum

C O'Brien, PP Henrich, N Passi… - Current opinion in …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Should ACTs fail, no suitable alternatives exist as first-line treatments of P. falciparum
malaria. Intensified efforts are essential to monitor the spread of resistance, define …

Identification of intracellular and plasma membrane calcium channel homologues in pathogenic parasites

DL Prole, CW Taylor - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Ca2+ channels regulate many crucial processes within cells and their abnormal activity can
be damaging to cell survival, suggesting that they might represent attractive therapeutic …

Mechanisms of in vitro resistance to dihydroartemisinin in Plasmodium falciparum

L Cui, Z Wang, J Miao, M Miao, R Chandra… - Molecular …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The recent reports of artemisinin (ART) resistance in the Thai–Cambodian border area raise
a serious concern on the long‐term efficacy of ARTs. To elucidate the resistance …

Drug resistance genomics of the antimalarial drug artemisinin

EA Winzeler, MJ Manary - Genome biology, 2014 - Springer
Across the globe, over 200 million annual malaria infections result in up to 660,000 deaths,
77% of which occur in children under the age of five years. Although prevention is important …

Plasmodium falciparum Artemisinin Resistance: The Effect of Heme, Protein Damage, and Parasite Cell Stress Response

MR Rosenthal, CL Ng - ACS infectious diseases, 2020 - ACS Publications
Despite a significant decline in morbidity and mortality over the last two decades, in 2018
there were 228 million reported cases of malaria and 405000 malaria-related deaths …

Phenotypic and Genotypic Analysis of In Vitro-Selected Artemisinin-Resistant Progeny of Plasmodium falciparum

MS Tucker, T Mutka, K Sparks, J Patel… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Emergence of artemisinin resistance in Cambodia highlights the importance of
characterizing resistance to this class of drugs. Previously, intermediate levels of resistance …

Sarco/endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase inhibitors: Beyond anticancer perspective

L Peterková, E Kmoníčková, T Ruml… - Journal of medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The sarco/endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase (SERCA), which plays a key role in the
maintenance of Ca2+ ion homeostasis, is an extensively studied enzyme, the inhibition of …

Antidogmatic approaches to artemisinin resistance: reappraisal as treatment failure with artemisinin combination therapy

S Krishna, PG Kremsner - Trends in parasitology, 2013 - cell.com
The definition of artemisinin resistance is becoming one of a prolonged parasite clearance
phenotype, although this variable is a complex function of both host and parasite …