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ArticleNature communications2025

An all-in-one pipeline for the in vitro discovery and in vivo testing of Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission blocking drugs.

Nicolas M B Brancucci, Christin Gumpp, Geert-Jan van Gemert, Xiao Yu, Armin Passecker, Flore Nardella, Basil T Thommen, Marc Chambon, Gerardo Turcatti, Ludovic Halby and 9 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Nicolas M B BrancucciDepartment of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 4123, Allschwil, Switzerland. nicolas.brancucci@swisstph.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0655-3266
Christin GumppDepartment of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 4123, Allschwil, Switzerland.
Geert-Jan van GemertDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Radboudumc Center for Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Center, 6525GA, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Xiao YuDepartment of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 4123, Allschwil, Switzerland.
Armin PasseckerDepartment of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 4123, Allschwil, Switzerland.
Flore NardellaBiology of Host-Parasite Interactions, Department of Parasites and Insect Vectors, Institut Pasteur, CNRS EMR9195, INSERM U1201, Université de Paris-Cité, Paris, 75015, France.
Basil T ThommenDepartment of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 4123, Allschwil, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7655-2440
Marc ChambonBiomolecular Screening Facility, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Gerardo TurcattiBiomolecular Screening Facility, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0139-223X
Ludovic HalbyEpigenetic Chemical Biology, Department of Structural Biology and Chemistry, Institut Pasteur, CNRS UMR3523 Chem4Life, Université de Paris-Cité, Paris, 75015, France.
Benjamin BlascoMedicines for Malaria Venture, 1215, Geneva, Switzerland.
Maëlle DuffeyMedicines for Malaria Venture, 1215, Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4319-0647
Paola B ArimondoEpigenetic Chemical Biology, Department of Structural Biology and Chemistry, Institut Pasteur, CNRS UMR3523 Chem4Life, Université de Paris-Cité, Paris, 75015, France.
Teun BousemaDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Radboudumc Center for Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Center, 6525GA, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2666-094X
Artur ScherfBiology of Host-Parasite Interactions, Department of Parasites and Insect Vectors, Institut Pasteur, CNRS EMR9195, INSERM U1201, Université de Paris-Cité, Paris, 75015, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2411-3328
Didier LeroyMedicines for Malaria Venture, 1215, Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5594-3204
Taco W A KooijDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Radboudumc Center for Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Center, 6525GA, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8547-7523
Matthias RottmannDepartment of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 4123, Allschwil, Switzerland. matthias.rottmann@swisstph.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2207-7899
Till S VossDepartment of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 4123, Allschwil, Switzerland. till.voss@swisstph.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1464-4988

Funding

Agence Nationale de la Recherche (French National Research Agency) ANR-2019-ANR-20-CE18-0006EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) ERC-CoG 864180 QUANTUMMedicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) PO17/00583Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research | Nationaal Regieorgaan Praktijkgericht Onderzoek SIA (Nationaal Regieorgaan Praktijkgericht Onderzoek) 864.13.009Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) 310030_200683Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) BSCGI0_157729Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) NCCR Chemical Biology
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Elimination of malaria will require new drugs with potent activity against Plasmodium falciparum mature stage V gametocytes, the only stages infective to the mosquito vector. The identification and comprehensive validation of molecules active against these quiescent stages is difficult due to the specific biology of gametocytes, challenges linked to their cultivation in vitro and the lack of animal models suitable for evaluating the transmission-blocking potential of drug candidates in vivo. Here, we present a transmission-blocking drug discovery and development platform that builds on transgenic NF54/iGP1_RE9H

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AntimalarialsDrug DiscoveryMalaria, FalciparumPlasmodium falciparumAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalFemaleHumansMiceMice, Inbred NODMice, SCIDAntimalarials

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PMID40715087
PMCPMC12297408

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