Search Results - "DUFFY, Michael F"
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Decreased K13 Abundance Reduces Hemoglobin Catabolism and Proteotoxic Stress, Underpinning Artemisinin Resistance
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (26-11-2019)“…Increased tolerance of Plasmodium falciparum to front-line artemisinin antimalarials (ARTs) is associated with mutations in Kelch13 (K13), although the precise…”
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Author Correction: Population genomics of virulence genes of Plasmodium falciparum in clinical isolates from Uganda
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Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes display global chromatin remodelling during sexual differentiation
Published in BMC biology (03-04-2023)“…The protozoan malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum has a complex life cycle during which it needs to differentiate into multiple morphologically distinct…”
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PfSET10, a Plasmodium falciparum Methyltransferase, Maintains the Active var Gene in a Poised State during Parasite Division
Published in Cell host & microbe (19-01-2012)“…A major virulence factor of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum is erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1), a variant protein expressed on the infected…”
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Controlled human malaria infection with Plasmodium falciparum demonstrates impact of naturally acquired immunity on virulence gene expression
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-07-2019)“…The pathogenesis of Plasmodium falciparum malaria is linked to the variant surface antigen PfEMP1, which mediates tethering of infected erythrocytes to the…”
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Targets of antibodies against Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes in malaria immunity
Published in The Journal of clinical investigation (01-09-2012)“…Plasmodium falciparum is the major cause of malaria globally and is transmitted by mosquitoes. During parasitic development, P. falciparum-infected…”
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A Plasmodium Falciparum Bromodomain Protein Regulates Invasion Gene Expression
Published in Cell host & microbe (10-06-2015)“…During red-blood-cell-stage infection of Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite undergoes repeated rounds of replication, egress, and invasion. Erythrocyte…”
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The Plasmodium falciparum transcriptome in severe malaria reveals altered expression of genes involved in important processes including surface antigen-encoding var genes
Published in PLoS biology (12-03-2018)“…Within the human host, the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum is exposed to multiple selection pressures. The host environment changes dramatically in…”
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The P. falciparum alternative histones Pf H2A.Z and Pf H2B.Z are dynamically acetylated and antagonized by PfSir2 histone deacetylases at heterochromatin boundaries
Published in mBio (19-12-2023)“…The alternative histones Pf H2A.Z and Pf H2B.Z are enriched in the same nucleosomes in intergenic euchromatin but depleted from heterochromatin. They occupy…”
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Identifying Targets of Protective Antibodies against Severe Malaria in Papua, Indonesia, Using Locally Expressed Domains of Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane Protein 1
Published in Infection and immunity (17-02-2022)“…Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1), a diverse family of multidomain proteins expressed on the surface of malaria-infected…”
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A systems serology approach to identifying key antibody correlates of protection from cerebral malaria in Malawian children
Published in BMC medicine (12-09-2024)“…Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) proteins are expressed on the surface of infected erythrocytes, mediating parasite sequestration…”
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Evolutionary analyses of the major variant surface antigen-encoding genes reveal population structure of Plasmodium falciparum within and between continents
Published in PLoS genetics (01-02-2021)“…Malaria remains a major public health problem in many countries. Unlike influenza and HIV, where diversity in immunodominant surface antigens is understood…”
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Mosquito Passage Dramatically Changes var Gene Expression in Controlled Human Plasmodium falciparum Infections
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-04-2016)“…Virulence of the most deadly malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum is linked to the variant surface antigen PfEMP1, which is encoded by about 60 var genes per…”
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Sir2 paralogues cooperate to regulate virulence genes and antigenic variation in Plasmodium falciparum
Published in PLoS biology (01-04-2009)“…Cytoadherance of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes in the brain, organs and peripheral microvasculature is linked to morbidity and mortality…”
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Relationship of circulating Plasmodium falciparum lifecycle stage to circulating parasitemia and total parasite biomass
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Common virulence gene expression in adult first-time infected malaria patients and severe cases
Published in eLife (28-04-2021)“…Sequestration of ( )-infected erythrocytes to host endothelium through the parasite-derived erythrocyte membrane protein 1 ( EMP1) adhesion proteins is central…”
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The role of bromodomain proteins in regulating gene expression
Published in Genes (29-05-2012)“…Histone modifications are important in regulating gene expression in eukaryotes. Of the numerous histone modifications which have been identified, acetylation…”
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A novel computational pipeline for var gene expression augments the discovery of changes in the Plasmodium falciparum transcriptome during transition from in vivo to short-term in vitro culture
Published in eLife (25-01-2024)“…The pathogenesis of severe malaria involves cytoadhesive microvascular sequestration of infected erythrocytes, mediated by erythrocyte membrane protein 1…”
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Expression of P. falciparum var genes involves exchange of the histone variant H2A.Z at the promoter
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-02-2011)“…Plasmodium falciparum employs antigenic variation to evade the human immune response by switching the expression of different variant surface antigens encoded…”
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Heterochromatin Silencing and Locus Repositioning Linked to Regulation of Virulence Genes in Plasmodium falciparum
Published in Cell (08-04-2005)“…The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum undergoes antigenic variation to evade host immune responses through switching expression of variant surface…”
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