Article
Remodeling of the malaria parasite and host human red cell by vesicle amplification that induces artemisinin resistance.
Blood - 15 Mar 2018
Bhattacharjee Souvik, Coppens Isabelle, Mbengue Alassane, Suresh Niraja, Ghorbal Mehdi, Slouka Zdenek, Safeukui Innocent, Tang Hsin-Yao, Speicher David W, Stahelin Robert V, Mohandas Narla, Haldar Kasturi
Abstract excerpt
Artemisinin resistance threatens worldwide malaria control and elimination. Elevation of phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate (PI3P) can induce resistance in blood stages of Plasmodium falciparum The parasite unfolded protein response (UPR) has also been implicated as a proteostatic mechanism that may diminish artemisinin-induced toxic proteopathy. How PI3P acts and its connection to the UPR remain unknown, although...
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