Search Results - "Janse, Chris J."
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Common PIEZO1 Allele in African Populations Causes RBC Dehydration and Attenuates Plasmodium Infection
Published in Cell (05-04-2018)“…Hereditary xerocytosis is thought to be a rare genetic condition characterized by red blood cell (RBC) dehydration with mild hemolysis. RBC dehydration is…”
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High-efficiency transfection and drug selection of genetically transformed blood stages of the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei
Published in Nature protocols (01-06-2006)“…This protocol describes a method of genetic transformation for the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei with a high transfection efficiency of…”
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Neutralization of the Plasmodium-encoded MIF ortholog confers protective immunity against malaria infection
Published in Nature communications (13-07-2018)“…Plasmodium species produce an ortholog of the cytokine macrophage migration inhibitory factor, PMIF, which modulates the host inflammatory response to malaria…”
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A Plasmodium phospholipase is involved in disruption of the liver stage parasitophorous vacuole membrane
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-03-2015)“…The coordinated exit of intracellular pathogens from host cells is a process critical to the success and spread of an infection. While phospholipases have been…”
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CD8+ T Cells Induce Fatal Brainstem Pathology during Cerebral Malaria via Luminal Antigen-Specific Engagement of Brain Vasculature
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-12-2016)“…Cerebral malaria (CM) is a severe complication of Plasmodium falciparum infection that results in thousands of deaths each year, mostly in African children…”
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Universal features of post-transcriptional gene regulation are critical for Plasmodium zygote development
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-02-2010)“…A universal feature of metazoan sexual development is the generation of oocyte P granules that withhold certain mRNA species from translation to provide coding…”
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Artemisinin exposure at the ring or trophozoite stage impacts Plasmodium falciparum sexual conversion differently
Published in eLife (21-10-2020)“…Malaria transmission is dependent on the formation of gametocytes in the human blood. The sexual conversion rate, the proportion of asexual parasites that…”
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Transcriptome analysis of Plasmodium berghei during exo-erythrocytic development
Published in Malaria journal (24-09-2019)“…The complex life cycle of malaria parasites requires well-orchestrated stage specific gene expression. In the vertebrate host the parasites grow and multiply…”
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Prime and target immunization protects against liver-stage malaria in mice
Published in Science translational medicine (26-09-2018)“…Despite recent advances in treatment and vector control, malaria is still a leading cause of death, emphasizing the need for an effective vaccine. The malaria…”
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Genome-wide RIP-Chip analysis of translational repressor-bound mRNAs in the Plasmodium gametocyte
Published in Genome biology (03-11-2014)“…Following fertilization, the early proteomes of metazoans are defined by the translation of stored but repressed transcripts; further embryonic development…”
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Malaria parasite evades mosquito immunity by glutaminyl cyclase-mediated posttranslational protein modification
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (30-08-2022)“…Glutaminyl cyclase (QC) modifies N-terminal glutamine or glutamic acid residues of target proteins into cyclic pyroglutamic acid (pGlu). Here, we report the…”
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Control of Disease Tolerance to Malaria by Nitric Oxide and Carbon Monoxide
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (10-07-2014)“…Nitric oxide (NO) and carbon monoxide (CO) are gasotransmitters that suppress the development of severe forms of malaria associated with Plasmodium infection…”
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Sequestration and tissue accumulation of human malaria parasites: can we learn anything from rodent models of malaria?
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-09-2010)“…The sequestration of Plasmodium falciparum-infected red blood cells (irbcs) in the microvasculature of organs is associated with severe disease;…”
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Exploring in vitro expression and immune potency in mice using mRNA encoding the Plasmodium falciparum malaria antigen, CelTOS
Published in Frontiers in immunology (15-12-2022)“…The secreted malarial protein, Cell-Traversal protein for Ookinetes and Sporozoites (CelTOS), is highly conserved among species, and plays a role in the…”
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Three members of the 6-cys protein family of Plasmodium play a role in gamete fertility
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-04-2010)“…The process of fertilization is critically dependent on the mutual recognition of gametes and in Plasmodium, the male gamete surface protein P48/45 is vital to…”
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Screening of viral-vectored P. falciparum pre-erythrocytic candidate vaccine antigens using chimeric rodent parasites
Published in PloS one (12-07-2021)“…To screen for additional vaccine candidate antigens of Plasmodium pre-erythrocytic stages, fourteen P. falciparum proteins were selected based on expression in…”
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The machinery underlying malaria parasite virulence is conserved between rodent and human malaria parasites
Published in Nature communications (26-05-2016)“…Sequestration of red blood cells infected with the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum in organs such as the brain is considered important for…”
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Experimental vaccination by single dose sporozoite injection of blood-stage attenuated malaria parasites
Published in EMBO molecular medicine (12-09-2024)“…Malaria vaccination approaches using live Plasmodium parasites are currently explored, with either attenuated mosquito-derived sporozoites or attenuated…”
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Identification of a transcription factor in the mosquito-invasive stage of malaria parasites
Published in Molecular microbiology (01-03-2009)“…Gene expression in Plasmodium parasites undergoes significant changes in each developmental stage, but the transcription factors (TFs) regulating these changes…”
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A universal vaccine candidate against Plasmodium vivax malaria confers protective immunity against the three PvCSP alleles
Published in Scientific reports (09-09-2021)“…Malaria is a highly prevalent parasitic disease in regions with tropical and subtropical climates worldwide. Among the species of Plasmodium causing human…”
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