Antimalarial drug resistance: linking Plasmodium falciparum parasite biology to the clinic

B Blasco, D Leroy, DA Fidock - Nature medicine, 2017 - nature.com
The global adoption of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) in the early 2000s
heralded a new era in effectively treating drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria …

Molecular Mechanisms of Drug Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum Malaria

KJ Wicht, S Mok, DA Fidock - Annual review of microbiology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Understanding and controlling the spread of antimalarial resistance, particularly to
artemisinin and its partner drugs, is a top priority. Plasmodium falciparum parasites resistant …

Emerging Southeast Asian PfCRT mutations confer Plasmodium falciparum resistance to the first-line antimalarial piperaquine

LS Ross, SK Dhingra, S Mok, T Yeo, KJ Wicht… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The widely used antimalarial combination therapy dihydroartemisinin+ piperaquine (DHA+
PPQ) has failed in Cambodia. Here, we perform a genomic analysis that reveals a rapid …

Detection of mutations associated with artemisinin resistance at k13-propeller gene and a near complete return of chloroquine susceptible falciparum malaria in …

GM Bwire, B Ngasala, WP Mikomangwa, M Kilonzi… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
In Tanzania, chloroquine was replaced by sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) as a first-line
for treatment of uncomplicated malaria. Due to high resistance in malaria parasites, SP …

The natural function of the malaria parasite's chloroquine resistance transporter

SH Shafik, SA Cobbold, K Barkat, SN Richards… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter (PfCRT) is a key contributor
to multidrug resistance and is also essential for the survival of the malaria parasite, yet its …

Anti-PfGARP activates programmed cell death of parasites and reduces severe malaria

DK Raj, A Das Mohapatra, A Jnawali, J Zuromski… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum remains the leading single-agent cause of
mortality in children, yet the promise of an effective vaccine has not been fulfilled. Here …

Drug resistance in eukaryotic microorganisms

AH Fairlamb, NAR Gow, KR Matthews… - Nature microbiology, 2016 - nature.com
Eukaryotic microbial pathogens are major contributors to illness and death globally.
Although much of their impact can be controlled by drug therapy as with prokaryotic …

[HTML][HTML] The molecular basis of antimalarial drug resistance in Plasmodium vivax

LE Buyon, B Elsworth, MT Duraisingh - International Journal for …, 2021 - Elsevier
Plasmodium vivax is the most geographically widespread cause of human malaria and is
responsible for the majority of cases outside of the African continent. While great progress …

Chloroquine and sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine resistance in Sub-Saharan Africa—A review

AT Roux, L Maharaj, O Oyegoke, OP Akoniyon… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Malaria is a great concern for global health and accounts for a large amount of morbidity and
mortality, particularly in Africa, with sub-Saharan Africa carrying the greatest burden of the …

Antimalarial pantothenamide metabolites target acetyl–coenzyme A biosynthesis in Plasmodium falciparum

J Schalkwijk, EL Allman, PAM Jansen… - Science translational …, 2019 - science.org
Malaria eradication is critically dependent on new therapeutics that target resistant
Plasmodium parasites and block transmission of the disease. Here, we report that …