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 …

Semi-synthetic artemisinin: a model for the use of synthetic biology in pharmaceutical development

CJ Paddon, JD Keasling - Nature reviews microbiology, 2014 - nature.com
Recent developments in synthetic biology, combined with continued progress in systems
biology and metabolic engineering, have enabled the engineering of microorganisms to …

Spread of Artemisinin Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum Malaria

EA Ashley, M Dhorda, RM Fairhurst… - … England Journal of …, 2014 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum has emerged in Southeast
Asia and now poses a threat to the control and elimination of malaria. Map** the …

A molecular marker of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria

F Ariey, B Witkowski, C Amaratunga, J Beghain… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Plasmodium falciparum resistance to artemisinin derivatives in southeast Asia threatens
malaria control and elimination activities worldwide. To monitor the spread of artemisinin …

A molecular mechanism of artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum malaria

A Mbengue, S Bhattacharjee, T Pandharkar, H Liu… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Artemisinins are the cornerstone of anti-malarial drugs. Emergence and spread of resistance
to them,, raises risk of wi** out recent gains achieved in reducing worldwide malaria …

Genetic architecture of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum

O Miotto, R Amato, EA Ashley, B MacInnis… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
We report a large multicenter genome-wide association study of Plasmodium falciparum
resistance to artemisinin, the frontline antimalarial drug. Across 15 locations in Southeast …

K13-propeller mutations confer artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates

J Straimer, NF Gnädig, B Witkowski, C Amaratunga… - Science, 2015 - science.org
The emergence of artemisinin resistance in Southeast Asia imperils efforts to reduce the
global malaria burden. We genetically modified the Plasmodium falciparum K13 locus using …

Novel phenotypic assays for the detection of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Cambodia: in-vitro and ex-vivo drug-response studies

B Witkowski, C Amaratunga, N Khim… - The Lancet infectious …, 2013 - thelancet.com
Summary Background Artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum lengthens parasite
clearance half-life during artemisinin monotherapy or artemisinin-based combination …

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 …

Population transcriptomics of human malaria parasites reveals the mechanism of artemisinin resistance

S Mok, EA Ashley, PE Ferreira, L Zhu, Z Lin, T Yeo… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum threatens global efforts to control and
eliminate malaria. Polymorphisms in the kelch domain–carrying protein K13 are associated …