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ArticleCommunications biology2022

Artemisinin resistance in the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, originates from its initial transcriptional response.

Lei Zhu, Rob W van der Pluijm, Michal Kucharski, Sourav Nayak, Jaishree Tripathi, Nicholas J White, Nicholas P J Day, Abul Faiz, Aung Pyae Phyo, Chanaki Amaratunga and 22 more

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Article in Communications biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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44 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

32 authors at 11 institutions in 11 countries.

Lei Zhu *School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Rob W van der Pluijm *Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Michal Kucharski *School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1505-5608
Sourav NayakSchool of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Jaishree TripathiSchool of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Nicholas J WhiteMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Nicholas P J DayMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Abul FaizRamu Upazila Health Complex, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
Aung Pyae PhyoCentre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0383-9624
Chanaki AmaratungaMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Dysoley LekNational Centre for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Elizabeth A AshleyCentre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7620-4822
François NostenCentre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7951-0745
Frank SmithuisCentre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Hagai GinsburgThe Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Lorenz von SeidleinMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Khin LinDepartment of Medical Research, Pyin Oo Lwin, Myanmar.
Mallika ImwongMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Kesinee ChotivanichMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Mayfong MayxayLao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Vientiane, Laos.
Mehul DhordaMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Hoang Chau NguyenOxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Thuy Nhien Thanh NguyenOxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Olivo MiottoMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8060-6771
Paul N NewtonCentre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Podjanee JittamalaMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Rupam TripuraMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Sasithon PukrittayakameeMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Thomas J PetoMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3197-9891
Tran Tinh HienDepartment of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Arjen M DondorpMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. arjen@tropmedres.ac.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5190-2395
Zbynek BozdechSchool of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore. zbozdech@ntu.edu.sg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9830-8446
Mahidol University · THNanyang Technological University · SGUniversity of Oxford · GBOxford University Clinical Research Unit · VNAngkor Hospital for Children · KHCambodia National Malaria Center · KHChild Health Research Foundation · BDHebrew University of Jerusalem · ILMinistry of Health · LAMyanmar Oxford Clinical Research Unit · MMNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Ministry of Education - Singapore (MOE) MOE2019-T3-1-007Ministry of Health -Singapore (MOH) NMRC/OFIRG/0040/2017Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust (Wellcome) 220211/A/20/ZWellcome Trust (Wellcome) 220211/Z/20/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The emergence and spread of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum, first in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), and now in East Africa, is a major threat to global malaria elimination ambitions. To investigate the artemisinin resistance mechanism, transcriptome analysis was conducted of 577 P. falciparum isolates collected in the GMS between 2016-2018. A specific artemisinin resistance-associated transcriptional profile was identified that involves a broad but discrete set of biological functions related to proteotoxic stress, host cytoplasm remodelling, and REDOX metabolism. The artemisinin resistance-associated transcriptional profile evolved from initial transcriptional responses of susceptible parasites to artemisinin. The genetic basis for this adapted response is likely to be complex.

Indexed as

AntimalarialsMalaria, FalciparumParasitesAnimalsArtemisininsDrug ResistancePlasmodium falciparumAntimalarialsartemisininArtemisinins

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PMID35347215
PMCPMC8960834
OpenAlexW4220774433

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