Odile Mercereau-Puijalon

Population diversity and antibody selective pressure to Plasmodium falciparumMSP1 block2 locus in an African malaria-endemic setting (2009)

Noranate, Nitchakarn, Prugnolle, Franck, Jouin, Hélène, Tall, Adama, Marrama, Laurence, Sokhna, Cheikh, ...

Abstract Background Genetic evidence for diversifying selection identified the Merozoite Surface Protein1 block2 (PfMSP1 block2) as a putative target of protective immunity against Plasmodium...

FlexiChip package: an universal microarray with a dedicated analysis software for high-thoughput SNPs detection linked to anti-malarial drug resistance (2009)

Steenkeste, Nicolas, Dillies, Marie-Agnès, Khim, Nimol, Sismeiro, Odile, Chy, Sophy, Lim, Pharath, ...

Abstract Background A number of molecular tools have been developed to monitor the emergence and spread of anti-malarial drug resistance to Plasmodium falciparum . One of the major obstacles to the...

Towards high-throughput molecular detection of Plasmodium: new approaches and molecular markers (2009)

Steenkeste, Nicolas, Incardona, Sandra, Chy, Sophy, Duval, Linda, Ekala, Marie-Thérèse, Lim, Pharath, ...

Abstract Background Several strategies are currently deployed in many countries in the tropics to strengthen malaria control toward malaria elimination. To measure the impact of any intervention,...

Dynamic RNA profiling in Plasmodium falciparumsynchronized blood stages exposed to lethal doses of artesunate (2008)

Natalang, Onguma, Bischoff, Emmanuel, Deplaine, Guillaume, Proux, Caroline, Dillies, Marie-Agnès, Sismeiro, Odile, ...

Abstract Background Translation of the genome sequence of Plasmodium sp . into biologically relevant information relies on high through-put genomics technology which includes transcriptome analysis....

Accumulation of CVIET Pfcrt allele of Plasmodium falciparum in placenta of pregnant women living in an urban area of Dakar, Senegal (2008)

Niang, Makhtar, Marrama, Laurence, Ekala, Marie Therese, Alioune, Gaye, Tall, Adama, Ndiaye, Jean L., ...

Objectives Chemoprophylaxis is recommended during pregnancy to reduce the risk of placental infection. However, in areas with increasing drug resistance, it can trigger selection of resistant...

Sequence analysis of Plasmodium falciparumcytochrome b in multiple geographic sites (2007)

Ekala, Marie-Thérèse, Khim, Nimol, Legrand, Eric, Randrianarivelojosia, Milijaona, Jambou, Ronan, Fandeur, Thierry, ...

Abstract Background The antimalarial drug atovaquone specifically targets Plasmodium falciparum cytochrome b ( Pfcytb ), a mitochondrial gene with uniparental inheritance. Cases of resistance to...

Antibodies elicited in adults by a primary Plasmodium falciparumblood-stage infection recognize different epitopes compared with immune individuals (2007)

Eisen, Damon P, Wang, Lina, Jouin, Helene, Murhandarwati, E Elsa H, Black, Casilda G, Mercereau-Puijalon, Odile, ...

Abstract Background Asexual stage antibody responses following initial Plasmodium falciparum infections in previously healthy adults may inform vaccine development, yet these have not been as...

Large-scale malaria survey in Cambodia: Novel insights on species distribution and risk factors (2007)

Incardona, Sandra, Vong, Sirenda, Chiv, Lim, Lim, Pharath, Nhem, Sina, Sem, Rithy, ...

Abstract Background In Cambodia, estimates of the malaria burden rely on a public health information system that does not record cases occurring among remote populations, neither malaria cases...

Large-scale malaria survey in Cambodia: Novel insights on species distribution and risk factors (2007)

Incardona, Sandra, Vong, Sirenda, Chiv, Lim, Lim, Pharath, Nhem, Sina, Sem, Rithy, ...

Abstract Background In Cambodia, estimates of the malaria burden rely on a public health information system that does not record cases occurring among remote populations, neither malaria cases...

Invasion of Africa by a single pfcrtallele of South East Asian type (2006)

Ariey, Frédéric, Fandeur, Thierry, Durand, Remy, Randrianarivelojosia, Milijaona, Jambou, Ronan, Legrand, Eric, ...

Abstract Background Because of its dramatic public health impact, Plasmodium falciparum resistance to chloroquine (CQ) has been documented early on. Chloroquine-resistance (CQR) emerged in the late...

Molecular analysis of two local falciparum malaria outbreaks on the French Guiana coast confirms the msp1B-K1/varDgenotype association with severe malaria (2005)

Legrand, Eric, Volney, Beatrice, Lavergne, Anne, Tournegros, Caroline, Florent, Loïc, Accrombessi, Doris, ...

Abstract Background Plasmodium falciparum outbreaks can occur in the coastal area of French Guiana, where the population is essentially non-immune. Two sporadic outbreaks were observed, including one...

A new Apicomplexa-specific protein kinase family : multiple members in Plasmodium falciparum, all with an export signature (2005)

Schneider, Achim G, Mercereau-Puijalon, Odile

Abstract Background Malaria caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium spp . is a major health burden in tropical countries. The development of new control tools, including vaccines and...

CyProQuant-PCR: a real time RT-PCR technique for profiling human cytokines, based on external RNA standards, readily automatable for clinical use (2005)

Boeuf, Philippe, Vigan-Womas, Inès, Jublot, Delphine, Loizon, Séverine, Barale, Jean-Christophe, Akanmori, Bartholomew, ...

Abstract Background Real-time PCR is becoming a common tool for detecting and quantifying expression profiling of selected genes. Cytokines mRNA quantification is widely used in immunological...

CyProQuant-PCR: a real time RT-PCR technique for profiling human cytokines, based on external RNA standards, readily automatable for clinical use. (2005)

Boeuf, Philippe, Vigan-Womas, Inès, Jublot, Delphine, Loizon, Séverine, Barale, Jean-Christophe, Akanmori, Bartholomew Dicky, ...

BACKGROUND: Real-time PCR is becoming a common tool for detecting and quantifying expression profiling of selected genes. Cytokines mRNA quantification is widely used in immunological research to...

CyProQuant-PCR: a real time RT-PCR technique for profiling human cytokines, based on external RNA standards, readily automatable for clinical use. (2005)

Boeuf, Philippe, Vigan-Womas, Inès, Jublot, Delphine, Loizon, Séverine, Barale, Jean-Christophe, Akanmori, Bartholomew Dicky, ...

BACKGROUND: Real-time PCR is becoming a common tool for detecting and quantifying expression profiling of selected genes. Cytokines mRNA quantification is widely used in immunological research to...

Karyotype comparison between p.chabudi and P.falciparum: analysis of a P.Chabaudi cDNA containing sequences highty repetitive in P.falciparum (1987)

Langsley, Gordon, Sibilli, Lise, Mattei, Denise, Falanga, Pierre, Mercereau-Puijalon, Odile

The molecular karyotypes of P.chabaudi and P.falciparum have been compared by pulse field gradient e 1 ectrophores 1s . P.chabaudi has 3 extra chromosomes in the 750 – 2000 Kb range although the...

Characterisation of P. falciparum antigenic determinants isolated from a genomic expression library by differential antibody screening (1985)

Langsley, Gordon, Scherf, Artur, Mercereau-Puijalon, Odile, Koenen, Michael, Kahane, Bernard, Mattei, Denise, ...

A genomic expression library of P.falciparum has been differentially screened with a number of immune sera. The response of 9 clones to the various sera is presented, together with the DNA sequence...

Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Gag Indeterminate Western Blot Patterns in Central Africa: Relationship to Plasmodium falciparum Infection

Mahieux, Renaud, Horal, Peter, Mauclère, Philippe, Mercereau-Puijalon, Odile, Guillotte, Micheline, Meertens, Laurent, ...

To gain insight on the significance of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) indeterminate serological reactivities, we studied villagers of South Cameroon, focusing on a frequent and...

Novel Target Antigens of the Variant-Specific Immune Response to Plasmodium falciparum Identified by Differential Screening of an Expression Library

Le Scanf, Cécile, Fandeur, Thierry, Bonnefoy, Serge, Guillotte, Micheline, Mercereau-Puijalon, Odile

A primary infection by the Plasmodium falciparum Palo Alto O and R antigenic variants induces a variant-specific immunity in the Saimiri sciureus monkey. We have shown that these variants express...

Perturbation and Proinflammatory Type Activation of Vδ1+ γδ T Cells in African Children with Plasmodium falciparum Malaria

Hviid, Lars, Kurtzhals, Jørgen A. L., Adabayeri, Victoria, Loizon, Severine, Kemp, Kåre, Goka, Bamenla Q., ...

γδ T cells have variously been implicated in the protection against, and the pathogenesis of, malaria, but few studies have examined the γδ T-cell response to malaria in African children, who...

Regulation of Antigen-Specific Immunoglobulin G Subclasses in Response to Conserved and Polymorphic Plasmodium falciparum Antigens in an In Vitro Model

Garraud, Olivier, Perraut, Ronald, Diouf, Ababacar, Nambei, Wilfrid S., Tall, Adama, Spiegel, André, ...

Cytophilic antibodies (Abs) play a critical role in protection against Plasmodium falciparum blood stages, yet little is known about the parameters regulating production of these Abs. We used an in...

Relationship of Binding of Immunoglobulin G to Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Erythrocytes with Parasite Endemicity and Antibody Responses to Conserved Antigen in Immune Individuals

Diatta, Antoine-Marie, Marrama, Laurence, Tall, Adama, Trape, Jean-François, Dieye, Alioune, Garraud, Olivier, ...

To investigate the potential for use of a well-established strain of Plasmodium falciparum as a reference strain for infected red blood cell (IRBC) surface reactivity, we monitored the binding of...

Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Gag Indeterminate Western Blot Patterns in Central Africa: Relationship to Plasmodium falciparum Infection

Mahieux, Renaud, Horal, Peter, Mauclère, Philippe, Mercereau-Puijalon, Odile, Guillotte, Micheline, Meertens, Laurent, ...

To gain insight on the significance of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) indeterminate serological reactivities, we studied villagers of South Cameroon, focusing on a frequent and...

Novel Target Antigens of the Variant-Specific Immune Response to Plasmodium falciparum Identified by Differential Screening of an Expression Library

Le Scanf, Cécile, Fandeur, Thierry, Bonnefoy, Serge, Guillotte, Micheline, Mercereau-Puijalon, Odile

A primary infection by the Plasmodium falciparum Palo Alto O and R antigenic variants induces a variant-specific immunity in the Saimiri sciureus monkey. We have shown that these variants express...

Perturbation and Proinflammatory Type Activation of Vδ1+ γδ T Cells in African Children with Plasmodium falciparum Malaria

Hviid, Lars, Kurtzhals, Jørgen A. L., Adabayeri, Victoria, Loizon, Severine, Kemp, Kåre, Goka, Bamenla Q., ...

γδ T cells have variously been implicated in the protection against, and the pathogenesis of, malaria, but few studies have examined the γδ T-cell response to malaria in African children, who...

Regulation of Antigen-Specific Immunoglobulin G Subclasses in Response to Conserved and Polymorphic Plasmodium falciparum Antigens in an In Vitro Model

Garraud, Olivier, Perraut, Ronald, Diouf, Ababacar, Nambei, Wilfrid S., Tall, Adama, Spiegel, André, ...

Cytophilic antibodies (Abs) play a critical role in protection against Plasmodium falciparum blood stages, yet little is known about the parameters regulating production of these Abs. We used an in...

Relationship of Binding of Immunoglobulin G to Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Erythrocytes with Parasite Endemicity and Antibody Responses to Conserved Antigen in Immune Individuals

Diatta, Antoine-Marie, Marrama, Laurence, Tall, Adama, Trape, Jean-François, Dieye, Alioune, Garraud, Olivier, ...

To investigate the potential for use of a well-established strain of Plasmodium falciparum as a reference strain for infected red blood cell (IRBC) surface reactivity, we monitored the binding of...

Generation of Cross-Protective Antibodies against Plasmodium falciparum Sequestration by Immunization with an Erythrocyte Membrane Protein 1-Duffy Binding-Like 1α Domain▿ †

Moll, Kirsten, Pettersson, Fredrik, Vogt, Anna M., Jonsson, Cathrine, Rasti, Niloofar, Ahuja, Sanjay, ...

The Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) is an important virulence factor on the surface of infected erythrocytes. Naturally acquired antibodies to PfEMP1 expressed by...

Genetic Determination and Linkage Mapping of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Related Traits in Senegal

Sakuntabhai, Anavaj, Ndiaye, Rokhaya, Casadémont, Isabelle, Peerapittayamonkol, Chayanon, Rogier, Christophe, Tortevoye, Patricia, ...

Plasmodium falciparum malaria episodes may vary considerably in their severity and clinical manifestations. There is good evidence that host genetic factors contribute to this variability. To date,...

In Vitro Monitoring of Plasmodium falciparum Drug Resistance in French Guiana: a Synopsis of Continuous Assessment from 1994 to 2005▿

Legrand, Eric, Volney, Béatrice, Meynard, Jean-Baptiste, Mercereau-Puijalon, Odile, Esterre, Philippe

Implemented as one arm of the malaria control program in French Guiana in the early 1990s, our laboratory has since established in vitro profiles for parasite drug susceptibility to a panel of eight...

Re-evaluation of how artemisinins work in light of emerging evidence of in vitro resistance

Krishna, Sanjeev, Woodrow, Charles J., Staines, Henry M., Haynes, Richard K., Mercereau-Puijalon, Odile

There are more than half a billion cases of malaria every year. Combinations of an artemisinin with other antimalarial drugs are now recommended treatments for Plasmodium falciparum malaria in most...

An In Vivo and In Vitro Model of Plasmodium falciparum Rosetting and Autoagglutination Mediated by varO, a Group A var Gene Encoding a Frequent Serotype▿

Vigan-Womas, Inès, Guillotte, Micheline, Le Scanf, Cécile, Igonet, Sébastien, Petres, Stéphane, Juillerat, Alexandre, ...

In the Saimiri sciureus monkey, erythrocytes infected with the varO antigenic variant of the Plasmodium falciparum Palo Alto 89F5 clone bind uninfected red blood cells (rosetting), form...