[HTML][HTML] Plasmodium falciparum resistance to artemisinin-based combination therapies

KE Ward, DA Fidock, JL Bridgford - Current opinion in microbiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Mutant K13-mediated artemisinin resistance involves reduced hemoglobin
endocytosis.•Artemisinin partial resistance has emerged in Africa.•Novel PfCRT mutations …

K13, the cytostome, and artemisinin resistance

SC Xie, SA Ralph, L Tilley - Trends in parasitology, 2020 - cell.com
Artemisinins–the frontline antimalarial drug class–are compromised by emerging resistance,
putting at risk the lives of hundreds of thousands of people each year. Resistance is …

[HTML][HTML] Plasmodium falciparum resistance to ACTs: Emergence, mechanisms, and outlook

FA Siddiqui, X Liang, L Cui - … Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug …, 2021 - Elsevier
Emergence and spread of resistance in Plasmodium falciparum to the frontline treatment
artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) in the epicenter of multidrug resistance of …

The antimalarial MMV688533 provides potential for single-dose cures with a high barrier to Plasmodium falciparum parasite resistance

JM Murithi, C Pascal, J Bath, X Boulenc… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
The emergence and spread of Plasmodium falciparum resistance to first-line antimalarials
creates an imperative to identify and develop potent preclinical candidates with distinct …

Insights into the intracellular localization, protein associations and artemisinin resistance properties of Plasmodium falciparum K13

NF Gnädig, BH Stokes, RL Edwards… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The emergence of artemisinin (ART) resistance in Plasmodium falciparum intra-erythrocytic
parasites has led to increasing treatment failure rates with first-line ART-based combination …

Endocytosis in Plasmodium and Toxoplasma parasites

T Spielmann, S Gras, R Sabitzki, M Meissner - Trends in Parasitology, 2020 - cell.com
Endocytosis is critical for many functions in eukaryotic cells. Uptake of host cell cytosol, an
indispensable endocytic process in malaria blood-stage parasites, has been known for a …

Stable endocytic structures navigate the complex pellicle of apicomplexan parasites

L Koreny, BN Mercado-Saavedra, CM Klinger… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Apicomplexan parasites have immense impacts on humanity, but their basic cellular
processes are often poorly understood. Where endocytosis occurs in these cells, how …

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 …

Malaria molecular surveillance in the Peruvian Amazon with a novel highly multiplexed Plasmodium falciparum AmpliSeq assay

JH Kattenberg, C Fernandez-Miñope… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Molecular surveillance for malaria has great potential to support national malaria control
programs (NMCPs). To bridge the gap between research and implementation, several …

The Kelch13 compartment contains highly divergent vesicle trafficking proteins in malaria parasites

S Schmidt, JS Wichers-Misterek, HM Behrens… - Plos …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Single amino acid changes in the parasite protein Kelch13 (K13) result in reduced
susceptibility of P. falciparum parasites to artemisinin and its derivatives (ART). Recent work …