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
A flow cytometry‐based assay for measuring invasion of red blood cells by Plasmodium falciparum
Bei AK, DeSimone TM, Badiane AS, Ahouidi AD, Dieye T, Ndiaye D, Sarr O, Ndir O, Mboup S, Duraisingh MT. A flow cytometry‐based assay for measuring invasion of red blood cells by Plasmodium falciparum. American Journal Of Hematology 2010, 85: 234-237. PMID: 20196166, PMCID: PMC3089760, DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21642.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParasite invasionMalaria parasite Plasmodium falciparumParasite Plasmodium falciparumPlasmodium falciparumFlow cytometry-based assayParasite multiplication rateFlow cytometry-based methodParasite developmentCytometry-based assayCytometry-based methodRed blood cellsDisease severityDye SYBR Green IRing stageVariable invasionMultiplication rateBlood cellsInvasionSYBR Green IHuman erythrocytesFalciparumGreen IImportant determinantErythrocytesParasitemia