Nagasaki Univ   Institute of Tropical Medicine Department of Protozoology Journal Club Past Topic

Malaria-related manuscripts discussed in the Thursday J- Club
(since Jun/2007)   [Back]
Date Name Paper
Jul/2/2010 Inoue Mauduit M, Tewari R, Depinay N, Kayibanda M, Lallemand E, Chavatte JM, Snounou G, Renia L, Gruner AC. Minimal Role for the Circumsporozoite Protein in the Induction of Sterile Immunity by Vaccination with Live Rodent Malaria Sporozoites. Infection and Immunity, May 2010, p.2182-2188
Jun/4/2010 Sakura Russo I, Babbitt S, Muralidharan V, Butler T, Oksman A, Goldberg DE. Plasmepsin V licenses Plasmodium proteins for export into the host erythrocyte. Nature. 2010 Feb 4;463(7281):632-6.
April/23/2010 Dith Cunningham D, Fonager J, Jarra W, Carret C, Preiser P, Langhorne J. Rapid changes in transcription profiles of the Plasmodium yoelii yir multigene family in clonal populations: lack of epigenetic memory? PLoS One. 2009;4(1):e4285.
Apr/9/2010 Sakaguchi Bultrini E, Brick K, Mukherjee S, Zhang Y, Silvestrini F, Alano P, Pizzi E. Revisiting the Plasmodium falciparum RIFIN family: from comparative genomics to 3D-model prediction. BMC Genomics. 2009 Sep 21;10:445.
Mar/12/2010 Joe Tufet-Bayona M, Janse CJ, Khan SM, Waters AP, Sinden RE, Franke-Fayard B. Localisation and timing of expression of putative Plasmodium berghei rhoptry proteins in merozoites and sporozoites. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2009 Jul;166(1):22-31.
Feb/26/2010 Jean Aragon T, van Anken E, Pincus D, Serafimova IM, Korennykh AV, Rubio CA, Walter P. Messenger RNA targeting to endoplasmic reticulum stress signalling sites. Nature. 2009 Feb 5;457(7230):736-40.
Feb/12/2010 Isozumi Evidence of selective sweeps in genes conferring resistance to chloroquine and pyrimethamine in Plasmodium falciparum isolates in India. Mixson-Hayden T, Jain V, McCollum AM, Poe A, Nagpal AC, Dash AP, Stiles JK, Udhayakumar V, Singh N. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010 Mar;54(3):997-1006.
Jan/29/2010 Uemura Sa JM, Twu O, Hayton K, Reyes S, Fay MP, Ringwald P, Wellems TE. Geographic patterns of Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance distinguished by differential responses to amodiaquine and chloroquine. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Nov 10;106(45):18883-9.
Jan/15/2010 Richard Erythrocyte invasion and merozoite ligand gene expression in severe and mild Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Gomez-Escobar N, Amambua-Ngwa A, Walther M, Okebe J, Ebonyi A, Conway DJ. J Infect Dis. 2010 Feb 1;201(3):444-52.
Dec/18/2009 Morakot de Koning-Ward TF, Gilson PR, Boddey JA, Rug M, Smith BJ, Papenfuss AT, Sanders PR, Lundie RJ, Maier AG, Cowman AF, Crabb BS. A newly discovered protein export machine in malaria parasites. Nature. 2009 Jun 18;459(7249):945-9.
Dec/4/2009 Yahata Chloroquine transport via the malaria parasite's chloroquine resistance transporter. Martin RE, Marchetti RV, Cowan AI, Howitt SM, Broer S, Kirk K. Science. 2009 Sep 25;325(5948):1680-2.
Nov/20/2009 Kikuchi Genetically attenuated parasite vaccines induce contact-dependent CD8+ T cell killing of Plasmodium yoelii liver stage-infected hepatocytes. Trimnell A, Takagi A, Gupta M, Richie TL, Kappe SH, Wang R. J Immunol. 2009 Nov 1;183(9):5870-8.
Nov/6/2009 Nakazawa Bushell ES, Ecker A, Schlegelmilch T, Goulding D, Dougan G, Sinden RE, Christophides GK, Kafatos FC, Vlachou D. Paternal effect of the nuclear formin-like protein MISFIT on Plasmodium development in the mosquito vector. PLoS Pathog. 2009 Aug;5(8):e1000539.
Oct/16/2009 Sakura Lodoen MB, Gerke C, Boothroyd JC. A highly sensitive FRET-based approach reveals secretion of the actin-binding protein toxofilin during Toxoplasma gondii infection. Cell Microbiol. 2009 Sep 2. [Epub]
Sep/25/2009 Inoue Roestenberg M, McCall M, Hopman J, Wiersma J, Luty AJ, van Gemert GJ, van de Vegte-Bolmer M, van Schaijk B, Teelen K, Arens T, Spaarman L, de Mast Q, Roeffen W, Snounou G, Renia L, van der Ven A, Hermsen CC, Sauerwein R. Protection against a malaria challenge by sporozoite inoculation. N Engl J Med. 2009 Jul 30;361(5):468-77.
Sep/11/2009 Zhu Saridaki T, Frohlich KS, Breton CB, Lanzer M. Export of PfSBP1 to the Plasmodium falciparum Maurer's clefts. Traffic. 2009;10:137-52.
Aug/28/2009 Sakaguchi Rich SM, Leendertz FH, Xu G, Lebreton M, Djoko CF, Aminake MN, Takang EE, Diffo JL, Pike BL, Rosenthal BM, Formenty P, Boesch C, Ayala FJ, Wolfe ND. The origin of malignant malaria. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Aug 3. [Epub]
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Cohen J. Parasitology. Key malaria parasite likely evolved from chimp version. Science. 2009 Aug 7;325(5941):663.

(Varki A, Gagneux P. Human-specific evolution of sialic acid targets: Explaining the malignant malaria mystery? Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Aug 26. [Epub])
Aug/21/2009 Jean Richard D, Kats LM, Langer C, Black CG, Mitri K, Boddey JA, Cowman AF, Coppel RL. Identification of rhoptry trafficking determinants and evidence for a novel sorting mechanism in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. PLoS Pathog. 2009 Mar;5(3):e1000328.
Jul/31/2009 Isozumi Berkley JA, Bejon P, Mwangi T, Gwer S, Maitland K, Williams TN, Mohammed S, Osier F, Kinyanjui S, Fegan G, Lowe BS, English M, Peshu N, Marsh K, Newton CR. HIV infection, malnutrition, and invasive bacterial infection among children with severe malaria. Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Aug 1;49(3):336-43.
Jul/17/2009 Uemura
Jul/3/2009 Joe Balu B, Chauhan C, Maher SP, Shoue DA, Kissinger JC, Fraser MJ Jr, Adams JH. piggyBac is an effective tool for functional analysis of the Plasmodium falciparum genome. BMC Microbiol. 2009 May 7;9(1):83. [Epub]
Jun/19/2009 Richard Duval L, Nerrienet E, Rousset D, Sadeuh Mba SA, Houze S, Fourment M, Le Bras J, Robert V, Ariey F. Chimpanzee malaria parasites related to Plasmodium ovale in Africa. PLoS One. 2009;4(5):e5520.
+Ollomo B, Durand P, Prugnolle F, Douzery E, Arnathau C, Nkoghe D, Leroy E, Renaud F. A new malaria agent in African hominids. PLoS Pathog. 2009 May;5(5):e1000446.
+Herricks T, Antia M, Rathod PK. Deformability limits of Plasmodium falciparum-infected red blood cells. Cell Microbiol. 2009 Apr 30. [Epub]
Jun/5/2009 Morakot Ishino T, Boisson B, Orito Y, Lacroix C, Bischoff E, Loussert C, Janse C, Menard R, Yuda M, Baldacci P. LISP1 is important for the egress of Plasmodium berghei parasites from liver cells. Cell Microbiol. 2009 Apr 30. [Epub]
May/22/2009 Yahata Yang X, Figueiredo LM, Espinal A, Okubo E, Li B. RAP1 is essential for silencing telomeric variant surface glycoprotein genes in Trypanosoma brucei. Cell. 2009 Apr 3;137(1):99-109.
May/8/2009 Kaneko
Treeck M, Zacherl S, Herrmann S, Cabrera A, Kono M, Struck NS, Engelberg K, Haase S, Frischknecht F, Miura K, Spielmann T, Gilberger TW. Functional analysis of the leading malaria vaccine candidate AMA-1 reveals an essential role for the cytoplasmic domain in the invasion process. PLoS Pathog. 2009 Mar;5(3):e1000322.
Apr/24/2009 Kikuchi
Crompton PD, Mircetic M, Weiss G, Baughman A, Huang CY, Topham DJ, Treanor JJ, Sanz I, Lee FE, Durbin AP, Miura K, Narum DL, Ellis RD, Malkin E, Mullen GE, Miller LH, Martin LB, Pierce SK. The TLR9 Ligand CpG Promotes the Acquisition of Plasmodium falciparum-Specific Memory B Cells in Malaria-Naive Individuals . J Immunol. 2009, 182: 3318-3326.
Apr/10/2009 Nakazawa Yuda M, Iwanaga S, Shigenobu S, Mair GR, Janse CJ, Waters AP, Kato T, Kaneko I. Identification of a transcription factor in the mosquito-invasive stage of malaria parasites. Mol Microbiol. 2009 Feb 10. [Epub ahead of print]
Mar/13/2009 Jean Haase S, Herrmann S, Gruring C, Heiber A, Jansen PW, Langer C, Treeck M, Cabrera A, Bruns C, Struck NS, Kono M, Engelberg K, Ruch U, Stunnenberg HG, Gilberger TW, Spielmann T. Sequence requirements for the export of the Plasmodium falciparum Maurer's clefts protein REX2. Mol Microbiol. 2009 Feb;71(4):1003-17.
Feb/27/2009 Joe Russo I, Oksman A, Vaupel B, Goldberg DE. A calpain unique to alveolates is essential in Plasmodium falciparum and its knockdown reveals an involvement in pre-S-phase development. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Jan 22. [Epub ahead of print]
Feb/13/2009 Isozumi Dondorp AM, Lee SJ, Faiz MA, Mishra S, Price R, Tjitra E, Than M, Htut Y, Mohanty S, Yunus EB, Rahman R, Nosten F, Anstey NM, Day NP, White NJ. The relationship between age and the manifestations of and mortality associated with severe malaria. Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Jul 15;47(2):151-7.
Jan/30/2009 Uemura Raj DK, Mu J, Jiang H, Kabat J, Singh S, Sullivan M, Fay MP, McCutchan TF, Su XZ. Disruption of a plasmodium falciparum multidrug resistance-associated protein (PFMRP) alters its fitness and transport of antimalarial drugs and glutathione. J Biol Chem. 2008 Dec 31. [Epub ahead of print]
Jan/16/2009 Richard Neafsey DE, Schaffner SF, Volkman SK, Park D, Montgomery P, Milner DA Jr, Lukens A, Rosen D, Daniels R, Houde N, Cortese JF, Tyndall E, Gates C, Stange-Thomann N, Sarr O, Ndiaye D, Ndir O, Mboup S, Ferreira MU, do Lago Moraes S, Dash AP, Chitnis CE, Wiegand RC, Hartl DL, Birren BW, Lander ES, Sabeti PC, Wirth DF. Genome-wide SNP genotyping highlights the role of natural selection in Plasmodium falciparum population divergence. Genome Biol. 2008 Dec 15;9(12):R171. [Epub]
Dec/26/2008 Morakot Saridaki T, Sanchez CP, Pfahler J, Lanzer M. A conditional export system provides new insights into protein export in Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes. Cell Microbiol. 2008 Dec;10(12): 2483-95.
Dec/12/2008 Kikuchi Ting LM, Gissot M, Coppi A, Sinnis P, Kim K. Attenuated Plasmodium yoelii lacking purine nucleoside phosphorylase confer protective immunity. Nature Medicine 14, 954 - 958 (2008)
Nov/28/2008 Yahata Hirai M, Arai M, Mori T, Miyagishima SY, Kawai S, Kita K, Kuroiwa T, Terenius O, Matsuoka H. Male fertility of malaria parasites is determined by GCS1, a plant-type reproduction factor. Curr Biol. 2008 Apr 22;18(8):607-13.
Oct/30/2008 Tsumori Laufer MK, Thesing PC, Eddington ND, Masonga R, Dzinjalamala FK, Takala SL, Taylor TE, Plowe CV. Return of chloroquine antimalarial efficacy in Malawi. N Engl J Med. 2006 Nov 9;355(19):1959-66.
Oct/16/2008 Florencia de Melo TG, Meirelles Mde N, Pereira MC. Trypanosoma cruzi alters adherens junctions in cardiomyocytes. Microbes Infect. 2008 Oct;10(12-13):1405-10.
Sep/18/2008 Nakazawa Nishimoto Y, Arisue N, Kawai S, Escalante AA, Horii T, Tanabe K, Hashimoto T. Evolution and phylogeny of the heterogeneous cytosolic SSU rRNA genes in the genus Plasmodium. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2008 Apr;47(1):45-53.
Sep/4/2008 Richard Srivastava K, Cockburn IA, Swaim A, Thompson LE, Tripathi A, Fletcher CA, Shirk EM, Sun H, Kowalska MA, Fox-Talbot K, Sullivan D, Zavala F, Morrell CN. Platelet factor 4 mediates inflammation in experimental cerebral malaria. Cell Host Microbe. 2008 Aug 14;4(2):179-87.
Aug/28/2008 Morakot Gao X, Yeo KP, Aw SS, Kuss C, Iyer JK, Genesan S, Rajamanonmani R, Lescar J, Bozdech Z, Preiser PR. Antibodies targeting the PfRH1 binding domain inhibit invasion of Plasmodium falciparum merozoites. PLoS Pathog. 2008 Jul 11;4(7):e100090.
Aug/21/2008 Kaneko Hayton K, Gaur D, Liu A, Takahashi J, Henschen B, Singh S, Lambert L, Furuya T, Bouttenot R, Doll M, Nawaz F, Mu J, Jiang L, Miller LH, Wellems TE. Erythrocyte binding protein PfRH5 polymorphisms determine species-specific pathways of Plasmodium falciparum invasion. Cell Host Microbe. 2008 Jul 17;4(1):40-51.
Aug/14/2008 Yahata Issar N, Roux E, Mattei D, Scherf A. Identification of a novel post-translational modification in Plasmodium falciparum: Protein SUMOylation in different cellular compartments. Cell Microbiol. 2008 Jun 10. [Epub ahead of print]
Aug/7/2008 Isozumi Sjostrom K, Blomberg C, Fernebro J, Dagerhamn J, Morfeldt E, Barocchi MA, Browall S, Moschioni M, Andersson M, Henriques F, Albiger B, Rappuoli R, Normark S, Henriques-Normark B. Clonal success of piliated penicillin nonsusceptible pneumococci. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Jul 31;90(31):12907-12.
Jul/24/2008 Uemura Maier AG, Rug M, O'Neill MT, Brown M, Chakravorty S, Szestak T, Chesson J, Wu Y, Hughes K, Coppel RL, Newbold C, Beeson JG, Craig A, Crabb BS, Cowman AF. Exported proteins required for virulence and rigidity of Plasmodium falciparum-infected human erythrocytes. Cell. 2008 Jul 11;134(1):48-61.
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Bonnefoy S, Menard R. Deconstructing export of malaria proteins. Cell. 2008 Jul 11;134(1):20-2.
Jul/17/2008 Florencia Bartholomeu DC, Ropert C, Melo MB, Parroche P, Junqueira CF, Teixeira SM, Sirois C, Kasperkovitz P, Knetter CF, Lien E, Latz E, Golenbock DT, Gazzinelli RT. Recruitment and Endo-Lysosomal Activation of TLR9 in Dendritic Cells Infected with Trypanosoma cruzi. J Immunol. 2008 Jul 15;181(2):1333-44.
Jul/10/2008 Gideon Persson KE, McCallum FJ, Reiling L, Lister NA, Stubbs J, Cowman AF, Marsh K, Beeson JG. Variation in use of erythrocyte invasion pathways by Plasmodium falciparum mediates evasion of human inhibitory antibodies. J Clin Invest. 2007 Dec 6; [Epub]
Jul/3/2008 Yamazaki Vincensini L, Fall G, Berry L, Blisnick T, Braun Breton C. The RhopH complex is transferred to the host cell cytoplasm following red blood cell invasion by Plasmodium falciparum. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2008 Aug;160(2):81-9.
Jun/26/2008 Kishor King CL, Michon P, Shakri AR, Marcotty A, Stanisic D, Zimmerman PA, Cole-Tobian JL, Mueller I, Chitnis CE. Naturally acquired Duffy-binding protein-specific binding inhibitory antibodies confer protection from blood-stage Plasmodium vivax infection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Jun 3. [Epub ahead of print]
Jun/19/2008 Nasir Angulo-Barturen I, Jimenez-Diaz MB, Mulet T, Rullas J, Herreros E, Ferrer S, Jimenez E, Mendoza A, Regadera J, Rosenthal PJ, Bathurst I, Pompliano DL, Gomez de las Heras F, Gargallo-Viola D. A murine model of falciparum-malaria by in vivo selection of competent strains in non-myelodepleted mice engrafted with human erythrocytes. PLoS ONE. 2008 May 21;3(5):e2252.
Jun/12/2008 Richard Martinsen ES, Perkins SL, Schall JJ. A three-genome phylogeny of malaria parasites (Plasmodium and closely related genera): evolution of life-history traits and host switches. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2008 Apr;47(1):261-73.
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Blythe JE, Yam XY, Kuss C, Bozdech Z, Holder AA, Marsh K, Langhorne J, Preiser PR. Plasmodium falciparum STEVOR proteins are highly expressed in patient isolates and locate to the surface membrane of infected red blood cells and the apical tip of merozoites. Infect Immun. 2008 May 12. [Epub]
Jun/5/2008 Huy Clatworthy MR, Willcocks L, Urban B, Langhorne J, Williams TN, Peshu N, Watkins NA, Floto RA, Smith KG. Systemic lupus erythematosus-associated defects in the inhibitory receptor FcgammaRIIb reduce susceptibility to malaria. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Apr 24;90(17):7169-74.
May/29/2008 Kikuchi Bhattacharjee S, van Ooij C, Balu B, Adams JH, Haldar K. Maurer's clefts of P. falciparum are secretory organelles that concentrate virulence protein reporters for delivery to the host erythrocyte. Blood2008, 111, 2418-2426.
May/22/2008 Nakazawa
de Koning-Ward TF, Olivieri A, Bertuccini L, Hood A, Silvestrini F, Charvalias K, Berzosa Díaz P, Camarda G, McElwain TF, Papenfuss T, Healer J, Baldassarri L,  Crabb BS, Alano P, Ranford-Cartwright LC. The role of osmiophilic bodies and Pfg377 expression in female gametocyte emergence and mosquito infectivity in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Mol Microbiol. 2008 Jan;67(2):278-90.
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Hayton K, Templeton TJ.. Osmiophilic bodies and the odd organelles of alveolates. Mol Microbiol. 2008 Jan;67(2):236-40.
May/15/2008 Kaneko Hanna J, Wernig M, Markoulaki S, Sun CW, Meissner A, Cassady JP, Beard C, Brambrink T, Wu LC, Townes TM, Jaenisch R. Treatment of sickle cell anemia mouse model with iPS cells generated from autologous skin. Science. 2007 Dec 21;318(5858):1920-3.
May/8/2008 Morakot Yalaoui S, Zougbede S, Charrin S, Silvie O, Arduise C, Farhati K, Boucheix C, Mazier D, Rubinstein E, Froissard P. Hepatocyte permissiveness to Plasmodium infection is conveyed by a short and structurally conserved region of the CD81 large extracellular domain. PLoS Pathog. 2008 Feb 29;4(2):e1000010.
Apr/24/2008 Tsumori Gilson PR, O'Donnell RA, Nebl T, Sanders PR, Wickham ME, McElwain TF, de Koning-Ward TF, Crabb BS. MSP1(19) miniproteins can serve as targets for invasion inhibitory antibodies in Plasmodium falciparum provided they contain the correct domains for cell surface trafficking. Mol Microbiol. 2008 Apr;68(1):124-38.
Apr/17/2008 Florencia
Apr/10/2008 Yahata Singh AP, Buscaglia CA, Wang Q, Levay A, Nussenzweig DR, Walker JR, Winzeler EA, Fujii H, Fontoura BM, Nussenzweig V.  Plasmodium circumsporozoite protein promotes the development of the liver stages of the parasite. Cell. 2007 Nov 2;131(3):492-504.
Mar/27/2008 Kishor Iyer JP, Kaprakkaden A, Choudhary ML, Shaha C. Crucial role of cytosolic tryparedoxin peroxidase in Leishmania donovani survival, drug response and virulence. Molecular Microbiology, 68(2), 372-391, 2008
Mar/13/2008 Yamazaki Baker VS, Imade GE, Molta NB, Tawde P, Pam SD, Obadofin MO, Sagay SA, Egah DZ, Iya D, Afolabi BB, Baker M, Ford K, Ford R, Roux KH, Keller TC 3rd. Baker VS, Imade GE, Molta NB, Tawde P, Pam SD, Obadofin MO, Sagay SA, Egah DZ, Iya D, Afolabi BB, Baker M, Ford K, Ford R, Roux KH, Keller TC 3rd. Cytokine-associated neutrophil extracellular traps and antinuclear antibodies in Plasmodium falciparum infected children under six years of age. Malar J. 2008 Feb 29;7(1):41
Mar/6/2008 Gideon Penet MF, Abou-Hamdan M, Coltel N, Cornille E, Grau GE, de Reggi M, Gharib B. Protection against cerebral malaria by the low-molecular-weight thiol pantethine. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Jan 14; [Epub ahead of print]
Feb/28/2008 Nasir Cholera R, Brittain NJ, Gillrie MR, Lopera-Mesa TM, Diakité SA, Arie T, KrauseMA, Guindo A, Tubman A, Fujioka H, Diallo DA, Doumbo OK, Ho M, Wellems TE, Fairhurst RM.  Impaired cytoadherence of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes containing sickle hemoglobin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Jan 11; [Epub ahead of print]
Feb/21/2008 Huy Tripathi AK, Sullivan DJ, Stins MF. Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Erythrocytes Decrease the Integrity of Human Blood-Brain Barrier Endothelial Cell Monolayers.  J Infect Dis. 2007 Apr 1;195(7):942-50
Feb/14/2008 Kikuchi Lorna MacLean, Martin Odiit, Annette MacLeod, Liam Morrison, Lindsay Sweeney, Anneli Cooper, Peter GE Kennedy, and Jeremy M Sternberg Spatially and genetically distinct african trypanosome virulence variants defined by host-interferon-gamma response. J Infect Dis. 2007 December 1; 196(11): 1620?1628.
Feb/7/2008 Nakazawa Wykes MN, Liu XQ, Beattie L, Stanisic DI, Stacey KJ, Smyth MJ, Thomas R, Good MF. Plasmodium Strain Determines Dendritic Cell Function Essential for Survival from Malaria. PLoS Pathog. 2007 Jul 6;3(7):e96 [Epub]
Jan/24/2008 Kaneko Nagamune K, Hicks LM, Fux B, Brossier F, Chini EN, Sibley LD.  Abscisic acid controls calcium-dependent egress and development in Toxoplasma gondii. Nature. 2008 Jan 10;451(7175):207-10.
Jan/17/2008 Tsumori Witola WH, Mamoun CB. Choline Induces Transcriptional Repression and Proteasomal Degradation of the Malarial Phosphoethanolamine Methyltransferase. Eukaryot Cell. 2007 Sep;6(9):1618-24. Epub 2007 Jul 20.
Jan/10/2008 Yahata Yeoh S, O'Donnell RA, Koussis K, Dluzewski AR, Ansell KH, Osborne SA, Hackett F, Withers-Martinez C, Mitchell GH, Bannister LH, Bryans JS, Kettleborough CA, Blackman MJ. Subcellular discharge of a serine protease mediates release of invasive malaria parasites from host erythrocytes. Cell. 2007 Dec 14;131(6):1072-83.
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Janse CJ, Waters AP. The Exoneme Helps Malaria Parasites to Break out of Blood Cells. Cell. 2007 Dec 14;131(6):1036-8.
Dec/20/2007 Florencia Rubin-de-Celis SS, Uemura H, Yoshida N, Schenkman S. Expression of trypomastigote trans-sialidase in metacyclic forms of Trypanosoma cruzi increases parasite escape from its parasitophorous vacuole. Cell Microbiol. 2006 Dec;8(12):1888-98. Epub 2006 Jul 4.
Dec/13/2007 Gideon Tripathi AK, Sullivan DJ, Stins MF. Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Erythrocytes Decrease the Integrity of Human Blood-Brain Barrier Endothelial Cell Monolayers.  J Infect Dis. 2007 Apr 1;195(7):942-50
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Medana IM, Turner GD.  Plasmodium falciparum and the Blood-Brain Barrier--Contacts and Consequences. J Infect Dis. 2007 Apr 1;195(7):921-3.
Dec/6/2007 Yamazaki Dzikowski R, Li F, Amulic B, Eisberg A, Frank M, Patel S, Wellems TE, Deitsch KW. Mechanisms underlying mutually exclusive expression of virulence genes by malaria parasites. EMBO Rep. 2007 Aug 31; [Epub]
Nov/29/2007 Kishor Naderer T, Ellis MA, Sernee MF, De Souza DP, Curtis J, Handman E, McConville MJ. Virulence of Leishmania major in macrophages and mice requires the gluconeogenic enzyme fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2006 Apr 4;103(14):5502-7. Epub 2006 Mar 28.
Nov/22/2007 Nasir Murphy SC, Fernandez-Pol S, Chung PH, Prasanna Murthy SN, Milne SB, Salomao M, Brown HA, Lomasney JW, Mohandas N, Haldar K. Cytoplasmic remodeling of erythrocyte raft lipids during infection by the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Blood. 2007 Sep 15;110(6):2132-9. Epub 2007 May 25.
Nov/15/2007 Huy Debierre-Grockiego F, Schofield L, Azzouz N, Schmidt J, Santos de Macedo C, Ferguson MA, Schwarz RT. Fatty acids from Plasmodium falciparum down-regulate the toxic activity of malaria glycosylphosphatidylinositols. Infect Immun. 2006 Oct;74(10):5487-96.
Nov/8/2007 Nakazawa Sautel CF, Cannella D, Bastien O, Kieffer S, Aldebert D, Garin J, Tardieux I, Belrhali H, Hakimi MA. SET8-mediated methylations of histone H4 lysine 20 mark silent heterochromatic domains in apicomplexan genomes. Mol Cell Biol. 2007 Aug;27(16):5711-24.
Nov/1/2007 Kikuchi Sautel CF, Cannella D, Bastien O, Kieffer S, Aldebert D, Garin J, Tardieux I, Belrhali H, Hakimi MA. SET8-Mediated Methylations of Histone H4 Lysine 20 Mark Silent Heterochromatic Domains in Apicomplexan Genomes. Mol Cell Biol. 2007 Jun 11; [Epub]
Oct/25/2007 Nasir Murphy SC, Fernandez-Pol S, Chung PH, Prasanna Murthy SN, Milne SB, Salomao M, Brown HA, Lomasney JW, Mohandas N, Haldar K. Cytoplasmic remodeling of erythrocyte raft lipids during infection by the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Blood. 2007 Sep 15;110(6):2132-9. Epub 2007 May 25.
Oct/18/2007 Gideon Cordery DV, Kishore U, Kyes S, Shafi MJ, Watkins KR, Williams TN, Marsh K, Urban BC.  Characterization of a Plasmodium falciparum Macrophage-Migration Inhibitory Factor Homologue.  J Infect Dis. 2007 Mar 15;195(6):905-12.
Sep/27/2007 Yamazaki Dutta S, Lee SY, Batchelor AH, Lanar DE. Structural basis of antigenic escape of a malaria vaccine candidate. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2007 Jul 16; [Epub ahead of print]
Sep/20/2007 Kaneko Nagamune K, Beatty WL, Sibley LD. Artemisinin induces calcium-dependent protein secretion in the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Eukaryot Cell. 2007 Aug 31; [Epub ahead of print]
Sep/13/2007 Kishor Gueirard P, Laplante A, Rondeau C, Milon G, Desjardins M. Trafficking of Leishmania donovani promastigotes in non-lytic compartments in neutrophils enables the subsequent transfer of parasites to macrophages. Cell Microbiol. 2007 Jul 26; [Epub ahead of print]
Sep/6/2007 Huy Warn PA, Brampton MW, Sharp A, Morrissey G, Steel N, Denning DW, Priest T. Infrared body temperature measurement of mice as an early predictor of death in experimental fungal infections. Lab Anim. 2003 Apr;37(2):126-31.
Aug/30/2007 Kikuchi Saeij JP, Coller S, Boyle JP, Jerome ME, White MW, Boothroyd JC.  Toxoplasma co-opts host gene expression by injection of a polymorphic kinase homologue. Nature. 2007 Jan 18;445(7125):324-7.
Aug/23/2007 Nakazawa "Variable var transition rates underlie antigenic variation in malaria." Horrocks et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 101:11129-34, 2004.
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+ "Frank M, Dzikowski R, Amulic B, Deitsch K. Variable switching rates of malaria virulence genes are associated with chromosomal position.
Mol Microbiol. 2007 Jun;64(6):1486-1498.
Aug/16/2007 Kaneko Liu Y, Promeneur D, Rojek A, Kumar N, Frokiaer J, Nielsen S, King LS, Agre P, Carbrey JM. Aquaporin 9 is the major pathway for glycerol uptake by mouse erythrocytes, with implications for malarial virulence. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2007 Jul 16; [Epub ahead of print]
Aug/9/2007 Florencia Yurchenko E, Tritt M, Hay V, Shevach EM, Belkaid Y, Piccirillo CA.  CCR5-dependent homing of naturally occurring CD4+ regulatory T cells to sites of Leishmania major infection favors pathogen persistence. J Exp Med. 2006 Oct 30;203(11):2451-60.
Aug/2/2007 Gideon Vigario AM, Gorgette O, Dujardin HC, Cruz T, Cazenave PA, Six A, Bandeira A, Pied S. Regulatory CD4(+)CD25(+) Foxp3(+) T cells expand during experimental Plasmodium infection but do not prevent cerebral malaria. Int J Parasitol. 2007 Jul;37(8-9):963-73.
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