Antimalarial drug discovery: progress and approaches

JL Siqueira-Neto, KJ Wicht, K Chibale… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Recent antimalarial drug discovery has been a race to produce new medicines that
overcome emerging drug resistance, whilst considering safety and improving dosing …

Emergence, transmission dynamics and mechanisms of artemisinin partial resistance in malaria parasites in Africa

PJ Rosenthal, V Asua, MD Conrad - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2024 - nature.com
Malaria, mostly due to Plasmodium falciparum infection in Africa, remains one of the most
important infectious diseases in the world. Standard treatment for uncomplicated P …

[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 …

Artemisinin-resistant malaria

NJ White, K Chotivanich - Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2024 - journals.asm.org
The artemisinin antimalarials are the cornerstone of current malaria treatment. The
development of artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum poses a major threat to …

[HTML][HTML] Artemisinin and multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum–a threat for malaria control and elimination

M Dhorda, C Amaratunga… - Current opinion in …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Enhancing the geographic coverage of surveillance for resistance will be key to ensure
prompt detection of emerging resistance in order to implement effective countermeasures …

Artemisinin resistance in the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, originates from its initial transcriptional response

L Zhu, RW van der Pluijm, M Kucharski… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
The emergence and spread of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum, first in the
Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), and now in East Africa, is a major threat to global malaria …

tRNA modification reprogramming contributes to artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum

JL Small-Saunders, A Sinha, TS Bloxham… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Plasmodium falciparum artemisinin (ART) resistance is driven by mutations in kelch-like
protein 13 (PfK13). Quiescence, a key aspect of resistance, may also be regulated by a yet …

The Toxoplasma micropore mediates endocytosis for selective nutrient salvage from host cell compartments

W Wan, H Dong, DH Lai, J Yang, K He, X Tang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Apicomplexan parasite growth and replication relies on nutrient acquisition from host cells,
in which intracellular multiplication occurs, yet the mechanisms that underlie the nutrient …

Map** the genomic landscape of multidrug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum and its impact on parasite fitness

S Mok, T Yeo, D Hong, MJ Shears, LS Ross… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum parasites have swept across Southeast Asia and now
threaten Africa. By implementing a P. falciparum genetic cross using humanized mice, we …