Cerebral Plasmodium falciparum malaria: The role of PfEMP1 in its pathogenesis and immunity, and PfEMP1‐based vaccines to prevent it

AR Jensen, Y Adams, L Hviid - Immunological reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Malaria, a mosquito‐borne infectious disease caused by parasites of the genus Plasmodium
continues to be a major health problem worldwide. The unicellular Plasmodium‐parasites …

Pathophysiology and neurologic sequelae of cerebral malaria

N Schiess, A Villabona-Rueda, KE Cottier, K Huether… - Malaria journal, 2020 - Springer
Cerebral malaria (CM), results from Plasmodium falciparum infection, and has a high
mortality rate. CM survivors can retain life-long post CM sequelae, including seizures and …

Severe malaria: what's new on the pathogenesis front?

SC Wassmer, GER Grau - International journal for parasitology, 2017 - Elsevier
Plasmodium falciparum causes the most severe and fatal form of malaria in humans with
over half a million deaths each year. Cerebral malaria, a complex neurological syndrome of …

Cerebral malaria is associated with differential cytoadherence to brain endothelial cells

J Storm, JS Jespersen, KB Seydel… - EMBO molecular …, 2019 - embopress.org
Sequestration of Plasmodium falciparum‐infected erythrocytes (IE) within the brain
microvasculature is a hallmark of cerebral malaria (CM). Using a microchannel flow …

Tissue-specific immunopathology during malaria infection

C Coban, MSJ Lee, KJ Ishii - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2018 - nature.com
Systemic inflammation mediated by Plasmodium parasites is central to malaria disease and
its complications. Plasmodium parasites reside in erythrocytes and can theoretically reach …

Targeting the ATG5-ATG16L1 protein–protein interaction with a hydrocarbon-stapled peptide derived from ATG16L1 for autophagy inhibition

J Cui, Y Ogasawara, I Kurata, K Matoba… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Selective modulation of autophagy is a promising therapeutic strategy, especially for cancer
treatment. However, the lack of specific autophagy inhibitors limits this strategy. The …

EPCR and malaria severity: the center of a perfect storm

M Bernabeu, JD Smith - Trends in parasitology, 2017 - cell.com
Severe malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum infection causes nearly half a million deaths
per year. The different symptomatology and disease manifestations among patients have …

The Severity of Plasmodium falciparum Infection Is Associated with Transcript Levels of var Genes Encoding Endothelial Protein C Receptor-Binding P. falciparum …

SI Mkumbaye, CW Wang, E Lyimo… - Infection and …, 2017 - journals.asm.org
By attaching infected erythrocytes to the vascular lining, Plasmodium falciparum parasites
leave blood circulation and avoid splenic clearance. This sequestration is central to …

The mRNA content of plasma extracellular vesicles provides a window into molecular processes in the brain during cerebral malaria

M Kioko, S Mwangi, A Pance, LI Ochola-Oyier… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The impact of cerebral malaria on the transcriptional profiles of cerebral tissues is difficult to
study using noninvasive approaches. We isolated plasma extracellular vesicles (EVs) from …

Autophagy is required for cell survival under L-asparaginase-induced metabolic stress in acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells

H Takahashi, J Inoue, K Sakaguchi, M Takagi… - Oncogene, 2017 - nature.com
L-asparaginase has been used for more than three decades in acute lymphoblastic
leukemia (ALL) patients and remains an essential drug in the treatment of ALL. Poor …