Malaria biology and disease pathogenesis: insights for new treatments

LH Miller, HC Ackerman, X Su, TE Wellems - Nature medicine, 2013 - nature.com
Plasmodium falciparum malaria, an infectious disease caused by a parasitic protozoan,
claims the lives of nearly a million children each year in Africa alone and is a top public …

Cerebral malaria: mechanisms of brain injury and strategies for improved neurocognitive outcome

R Idro, K Marsh, CC John, CRJ Newton - Pediatric research, 2010 - nature.com
Cerebral malaria is the most severe neurological complication of infection with Plasmodium
falciparum. With> 575,000 cases annually, children in sub-Saharan Africa are the most …

What is really dangerous: anaemia or transfusion?

A Shander, M Javidroozi, S Ozawa… - British journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
While complex physiological mechanisms exist to regulate and optimize tissue oxygenation
under various conditions, clinical and experimental evidence indicates that anaemia …

The association between inflammatory markers in blood and cerebrospinal fluid: a systematic review and meta-analysis

FAJ Gigase, E Smith, B Collins, K Moore… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Background Neuroinflammatory processes have been hypothesized to play a role in the
pathogenesis of psychiatric and neurological diseases. Studies on this topic often rely on …

Erythropoietin improved neurologic outcomes in newborns with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy

C Zhu, W Kang, F Xu, X Cheng, Z Zhang, L Jia, L Ji… - …, 2009 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of
erythropoietin in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), by using a randomized …

Erythropoietin‐mediated tissue protection: reducing collateral damage from the primary injury response

M Brines, A Cerami - Journal of internal medicine, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
In its classic hormonal role, erythropoietin (EPO) is produced by the kidney and regulates
the number of erythrocytes within the circulation to provide adequate tissue oxygenation …

Angiopoietin-2 is associated with decreased endothelial nitric oxide and poor clinical outcome in severe falciparum malaria

TW Yeo, DA Lampah, R Gitawati… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
Adherence of parasitized erythrocytes to activated endothelium causes microvascular
obstruction, tissue ischemia, and clinical complications in severe malaria (SM); however, the …

The immunological balance between host and parasite in malaria

K Deroost, TT Pham, G Opdenakker… - FEMS microbiology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Coevolution of humans and malaria parasites has generated an intricate balance between
the immune system of the host and virulence factors of the parasite, equilibrating maximal …

Cerebral malaria: why experimental murine models are required to understand the pathogenesis of disease

JB De Souza, JCR Hafalla, EM Riley, KN Couper - Parasitology, 2010 - cambridge.org
Cerebral malaria is a life-threatening complication of malaria infection. The pathogenesis of
cerebral malaria is poorly defined and progress in understanding the condition is severely …

Pathogenetic mechanisms and treatment targets in cerebral malaria

A Hadjilaou, J Brandi, M Riehn, MA Friese… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Malaria, the most prevalent mosquito-borne infectious disease worldwide, has accompanied
humanity for millennia and remains an important public health issue despite advances in its …