2024
Understanding the significance of oxygen tension on the biology of Plasmodium falciparum blood stages: From the human body to the laboratory
Nahid D, Coffey K, Bei A, Cordy R. Understanding the significance of oxygen tension on the biology of Plasmodium falciparum blood stages: From the human body to the laboratory. PLOS Pathogens 2024, 20: e1012514. PMID: 39298535, PMCID: PMC11412506, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012514.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRed blood cellsIntraerythrocytic developmentReactive oxygen speciesPlasmodium falciparum blood stagesMultiple organ systemsP. falciparum mitochondrionStatus of hemoglobinBlood stagesPlasmodium falciparumReactive oxygen species productionO2-sensing mechanismIn vitro experimentsPlasmodiumBlood cellsOxygenation statusOrgan systemsFunctional changesParasite growthOxidative stressOxygen tensionMosquito hostCulture systemDeep tissuesOxygen species
2013
Expansion of host cellular niche can drive adaptation of a zoonotic malaria parasite to humans
Lim C, Hansen E, DeSimone TM, Moreno Y, Junker K, Bei A, Brugnara C, Buckee CO, Duraisingh MT. Expansion of host cellular niche can drive adaptation of a zoonotic malaria parasite to humans. Nature Communications 2013, 4: 1638. PMID: 23535659, PMCID: PMC3762474, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2612.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRed blood cellsParasite densityP. knowlesiHuman bloodPlasmodium falciparum infectionMalaria parasite Plasmodium knowlesiYoung red blood cellsZoonotic malaria parasiteHigh parasite densityOld red blood cellsFalciparum infectionClinical infectionSevere diseaseWide age rangeNormal human bloodPlasmodium knowlesiMalaria parasitesBlood cellsImportant zoonosisAge rangeInfectionBloodKnowlesiYoung cellsCulture system
2010
In Vitro Genetic Analysis of an Erythrocyte Determinant of Malaria Infection
Bei AK, Brugnara C, Duraisingh MT. In Vitro Genetic Analysis of an Erythrocyte Determinant of Malaria Infection. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2010, 202: 1722-1727. PMID: 20958212, PMCID: PMC3107553, DOI: 10.1086/657157.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic analysisErythrocyte determinantsSystematic functional analysisDirect genetic analysisErythrocyte biologyInvasion of erythrocytesIsogenic backgroundP. falciparum invasionGene expressionFunctional analysisParasite invasionObligatory stepLentiviral transductionHost receptorsGlycophorin ALife cyclePlasmodium falciparumCulture systemInvasionMalaria infectionUnambiguous identificationTransductionBiologyParasitesErythrocytes