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An evolutionary perspective on the kinome of malaria parasites [PDF]

, 2012
Malaria parasites belong to an ancient lineage that diverged very early from the main branch of eukaryotes. The approximately 90-member plasmodial kinome includes a majority of eukaryotic protein kinases that clearly cluster within the AGC, CMGC, TKL ...
Andrew B. Tobin, Carvalho T. G., Christian Doerig, Eric Talevich, Natarajan Kannan, Wells T. N., Wilson R. J.   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Robust Bioconjugated Antigens Induce Immune Responses Preventing Malaria Infection and its Transmission

Small, EarlyView.
Engineered malaria antigens enable in vivo bioconjugation to submicron biopolymer particles in E. coli. Two antigens are co‐tethered at high density and defined stoichiometry. The resulting thermostable particles elicit strong, durable antibody and T‐cell responses, conferring robust protection and blocking mosquito transmission.
Nivethika Sivakumaran, Yevel Flores‐Garcia, Chanel M. Naar, Shuxiong Chen, Mili Mehta, Fijs W. B. van Leeuwen, Abhai Tripathi, Rajagopal Murugan, Meta Roestenberg, Fidel Zavala, Bernd H. A. Rehm   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Performance of Microscopy for the Diagnosis of Malaria and Human African Trypanosomiasis by Diagnostic Laboratories in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Results of a Nation-Wide External Quality Assessment. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
The present External Quality Assessment (EQA) assessed microscopy of blood parasites among diagnostic laboratories in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The EQA addressed 445 participants in 10/11 provinces (October 2013-April 2014). Participants were
Pierre Mukadi, Veerle Lejon, Barbara Barbé, Philippe Gillet, Christophe Nyembo, Albert Lukuka, Joris Likwela, Crispin Lumbala, Justin Mbaruku, Wim Vander Veken, Dieudonné Mumba, Pascal Lutumba, Jean-Jacques Muyembe, Jan Jacobs   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Crystal structure of Plasmodium vivax macrophage migration inhibitory factor

Acta Crystallographica Section F, EarlyView.
The production, crystallization and 1.8 Å resolution crystal structure of macrophage migratory inhibitory factor from P. vivax are reported.Plasmodium vivax is a major cause of malaria globally and has recently been transmitted locally in the USA. P. vivax produces homologs of host proteins, including cytokines such as macrophage migration inhibitory ...
Aryana Nair, Matthew Lin, Arav Srivastava, Lijun Liu, Anne Cooper, Kevin Battaile, Elizabeth Harmon, Peter J. Myler, Bart L. Staker, Scott Lovell, Graham Chakafana, Oluwatoyin A. Asojo   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sequence analysis of genes associated with resistance to chloroquine and sulphadoxine pyrimethamine in P. falciparum and P. vivax isolates from the Bannu district of Pakistan

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2013
Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum are becoming resistant to drugs including antifolates, sulphonamides and chloroquine. This study was focused at sequence analysis of resistant genes of these parasites against sulphadoxine–pyrimethamine and ...
Lubna Khatoon, Frederick N. Baliraine, Salman A. Malik, Guiyun Yan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Revealing the molecular signatures of host-pathogen interactions. [PDF]

, 2011
Advances in sequencing technology and genome-wide association studies are now revealing the complex interactions between hosts and pathogen through genomic variation signatures, which arise from evolutionary co ...
C Herdtweck, C Loscos, C Sik-Lányi, F Yan, G Xing, GJ Ward, H Kolivand, H Kolivand, Hoshang Kolivand, J Blinn, J Hensley, K Jacobs, K Kaneda, K Kilteni, K Tadamura, KL Wilson, Kolivand, L Hosek, M Aittala, M Haller, M Kanbara, M Knecht, M Slater, M Sunar, Mohd Shahrizal Sunar, MS Sunar, MZ Shao, N Greene, P Debevec, R Azuma, R Ji, R Ji, R Kittler, R Kittler, R Kittler, R Klassen, R Perez, RC Yeoh, Rongrong Ji, S Gibson, S Lee, T Annen, T Guan, T Naemura, T Nishita, W Donnelly, W Hartmann, W Reeves, Y Dobashi, Y Dobashi, Y Feng, Y Liu, Y Liu, Z Noh   +53 more
core   +13 more sources

Genomic Content in Avian Haemosporidian Parasites Suggests Co‐Regulation of Apicoplast and Mitochondrial Nucleoids

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Apicoplast genomic content and mitochondrial genomic content were found to be strongly correlated (rho = 0.93) for infections going from low to high. Apicoplast and mitochondrial genomic content were deemed as more predictive factors of parasitemia for different infection intensities.
Gaia Porporato, Peter Pibaque, Alanis Cruz Flores, Simone Cescutti, Nayden Chakarov   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structural Basis for Trivalent Cross‐Linking of a Patient‐Derived IgE Antibody by the Major Peanut Allergen Ara h 2.0201

Allergy, EarlyView.
Graphical The crystal structure of a major peanut allergen Ara h 2.0201 in a complex with a human‐derived IgE Fab fragment has been determined. The immunocomplex shows the trivalent binding of Fabs, creating a cross‐linked structure effective in the formation of large complexes on the surface of effector cells. Hydroxylation of proline has implications
Tarja Parkkinen, Heidi Heiniluoto, Janne Jänis, Kristiina Takkinen, Juha Rouvinen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plasmodium falciparum parasites are killed by a transition state analogue of purine nucleoside phosphorylase in a primate animal model. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
Plasmodium falciparum causes most of the one million annual deaths from malaria. Drug resistance is widespread and novel agents against new targets are needed to support combination-therapy approaches promoted by the World Health Organization. Plasmodium
María B Cassera, Keith Z Hazleton, Emilio F Merino, Nicanor Obaldia, Meng-Chiao Ho, Andrew S Murkin, Richard DePinto, Jemy A Gutierrez, Steven C Almo, Gary B Evans, Yarlagadda S Babu, Vern L Schramm   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spatial mapping and prediction of Plasmodium falciparum infection risk among school-aged children in Côte d'Ivoire [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: In Côte d'Ivoire, malaria remains a major public health issue, and thus a priority to be tackled. The aim of this study was to identify spatially explicit indicators of Plasmodium falciparum infection among school-aged children and to ...
Assi, Serge-Brice, Chammartin, Frédérique, Fantodji, Agathe, Houngbedji, Clarisse A., Hürlimann, Eveline, Koudou, Benjamin G., N'Dri, Prisca B., N'Goran, Eliézer K., Raso, Giovanna, Silué, Kigbafori D., Soro, Gotianwa, Utzinger, Jürg, Vounatsou, Penelope, Yapi, Richard B.   +13 more
core   +5 more sources