Drug resistance in Plasmodium

K Haldar, S Bhattacharjee, I Safeukui - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2018 - nature.com
A marked decrease in malaria-related deaths worldwide has been attributed to the
administration of effective antimalarials against Plasmodium falciparum, in particular …

Antimalarial drug resistance in Africa: the calm before the storm?

MD Conrad, PJ Rosenthal - The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2019 - thelancet.com
Antimalarial drug resistance, in particular resistance to Plasmodium falciparum, challenges
the treatment and control of malaria. In this Review, we summarise evolving patterns of …

[HTML][HTML] Antimalarial drug resistance: literature review and activities and findings of the ICEMR network

L Cui, S Mharakurwa, D Ndiaye… - The American journal …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Antimalarial drugs are key tools for the control and elimination of malaria. Recent decreases
in the global malaria burden are likely due, in part, to the deployment of artemisinin-based …

Globally prevalent PfMDR1 mutations modulate Plasmodium falciparum susceptibility to artemisinin-based combination therapies

MI Veiga, SK Dhingra, PP Henrich, J Straimer… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Antimalarial chemotherapy, globally reliant on artemisinin-based combination therapies
(ACTs), is threatened by the spread of drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum parasites …

Discovery, mechanisms of action and combination therapy of artemisinin

L Cui, X Su - Expert review of anti-infective therapy, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Despite great international efforts, malaria still inflicts an enormous toll on human lives,
especially in Africa. Throughout history, antimalarial medicines have been one of the most …

Antimalarial drug resistance: an overview

HA Antony, SC Parija - Tropical parasitology, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Malaria is a major public health burden throughout the world. Resistance to the antimalarial
drugs has increased the mortality and morbidity rate that is achieved so far through the …

PfCRT and its role in antimalarial drug resistance

A Ecker, AM Lehane, J Clain, DA Fidock - Trends in parasitology, 2012 - cell.com
Plasmodium falciparum resistance to chloroquine, the former gold standard antimalarial
drug, is mediated primarily by mutant forms of the chloroquine resistance transporter …

Global kinomic and phospho-proteomic analyses of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

L Solyakov, J Halbert, MM Alam, JP Semblat… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
The role of protein phosphorylation in the life cycle of malaria parasites is slowly emerging.
Here we combine global phospho-proteomic analysis with kinome-wide reverse genetics to …

[HTML][HTML] Drug-resistant malaria: molecular mechanisms and implications for public health

I Petersen, R Eastman, M Lanzer - FEBS letters, 2011 - Elsevier
Resistance to antimalarial drugs has often threatened malaria elimination efforts and
historically has led to the short-term resurgence of malaria incidences and deaths. With …

Decreasing pfmdr1 Copy Number in Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Heightens Susceptibility to Mefloquine, Lumefantrine, Halofantrine, Quinine, and Artemisinin

ABS Sidhu, AC Uhlemann… - The Journal of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
The global dissemination of drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum is spurring intense efforts
to implement artemisinin (ART)–based combination therapies for malaria, including …