Pradipsinh K. Rathod

Regulatory Hotspots in the Malaria Parasite Genome Dictate Transcriptional Variation (2008)

Joseph M. Gonzales, Jigar J. Patel, Napawan Ponmee, Lei Jiang, Asako Tan, Steven P. Maher, ...

The determinants of transcriptional regulation in malaria parasites remain elusive. The presence of a well-characterized gene expression cascade shared by different Plasmodium falciparum strains...

Microfluidic Modeling of Cell−Cell Interactions in Malaria Pathogenesis (2007)

Meher Antia, Thurston Herricks, Pradipsinh K. Rathod

The clinical outcomes of human infections by Plasmodium falciparum remain highly unpredictable. A complete understanding of the complex interactions between host cells and the parasite will require...

Variations in frequencies of drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum

Rathod, Pradipsinh K., McErlean, Tara, Lee, Pei-Chieh

Continual exposure of malarial parasite populations to different drugs may have selected not only for resistance to individual drugs but also for genetic traits that favor initiation of resistance to...

Potent and Selective Activity of a Combination of Thymidine and 1843U89, a Folate-Based Thymidylate Synthase Inhibitor, against Plasmodium falciparum

Jiang, Lei, Lee, Pei-Chieh, White, John, Rathod, Pradipsinh K.

Unlike mammalian cells, malarial parasites are completely dependent on the de novo pyrimidine pathway and lack the enzymes to salvage preformed pyrimidines. In the present study, first, it is shown...

A microfluidic model for single-cell capillary obstruction by Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes

Shelby, J. Patrick, White, John, Ganesan, Karthikeyan, Rathod, Pradipsinh K., Chiu, Daniel T.

Severe malaria by Plasmodium falciparum is a potentially fatal disease, frequently unresponsive to even the most aggressive treatments. Host organ failure is associated with acquired rigidity of...

Variations in frequencies of drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum

Rathod, Pradipsinh K., McErlean, Tara, Lee, Pei-Chieh

Continual exposure of malarial parasite populations to different drugs may have selected not only for resistance to individual drugs but also for genetic traits that favor initiation of resistance to...

Potent and Selective Activity of a Combination of Thymidine and 1843U89, a Folate-Based Thymidylate Synthase Inhibitor, against Plasmodium falciparum

Jiang, Lei, Lee, Pei-Chieh, White, John, Rathod, Pradipsinh K.

Unlike mammalian cells, malarial parasites are completely dependent on the de novo pyrimidine pathway and lack the enzymes to salvage preformed pyrimidines. In the present study, first, it is shown...

A microfluidic model for single-cell capillary obstruction by Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes

Shelby, J. Patrick, White, John, Ganesan, Karthikeyan, Rathod, Pradipsinh K., Chiu, Daniel T.

Severe malaria by Plasmodium falciparum is a potentially fatal disease, frequently unresponsive to even the most aggressive treatments. Host organ failure is associated with acquired rigidity of...

Microfluidic Modeling of Cell−Cell Interactions in Malaria Pathogenesis

Antia, Meher, Herricks, Thurston, Rathod, Pradipsinh K

The clinical outcomes of human infections by Plasmodium falciparum remain highly unpredictable. A complete understanding of the complex interactions between host cells and the parasite will require...

Novel Triazine JPC-2067-B Inhibits Toxoplasma gondii In Vitro and In Vivo

Mui, Ernest J., Schiehser, Guy A., Milhous, Wilbur K., Hsu, Honghue, Roberts, Craig W., Kirisits, Michael, ...

Toxoplasmosis is a neglected tropical disease, an emerging disease as well as a significant problem in developed countries causing a substantial health burden. Better medicines with less toxicity are...

Regulatory Hotspots in the Malaria Parasite Genome Dictate Transcriptional Variation

Gonzales, Joseph M, Patel, Jigar J, Ponmee, Napawan, Jiang, Lei, Tan, Asako, Maher, Steven P, ...

The determinants of transcriptional regulation in malaria parasites remain elusive. The presence of a well-characterized gene expression cascade shared by different Plasmodium falciparum strains...

Histone Acetyltransferase Inhibitor Anacardic Acid Causes Changes in Global Gene Expression during In Vitro Plasmodium falciparum Development▿ †

Cui, Long, Miao, Jun, Furuya, Tetsuya, Fan, Qi, Li, Xinyi, Rathod, Pradipsinh K., ...

To better understand the role of histone lysine acetylation in transcription in Plasmodium falciparum, we sought to attenuate histone acetyltransferase (HAT) activity using anacardic acid (AA). We...

A Genetically Hard-Wired Metabolic Transcriptome in Plasmodium falciparum Fails to Mount Protective Responses to Lethal Antifolates

Ganesan, Karthikeyan, Ponmee, Napawan, Jiang, Lei, Fowble, Joseph W., White, John, Kamchonwongpaisan, Sumalee, ...

Genome sequences of Plasmodium falciparum allow for global analysis of drug responses to antimalarial agents. It was of interest to learn how DNA microarrays may be used to study drug action in...

Novel triazine JPC-2067-B inhibits Toxoplasma gondii in vitro and in vivo

Mui, Ernest J., Schiehser, Guy A., Milhous, Wilbur K., Hsu, Honghue, Roberts, C.W., Kirisits, Michael J., ...

Toxoplasma gondii causes substantial morbidity, mortality, and costs for healthcare in the developed and developing world. Current medicines are not well tolerated and cause hypersensitivity...

Deformability limits of Plasmodium falciparum-infected red blood cells

Herricks, Thurston, Antia, Meher, Rathod, Pradipsinh K

Splenic filtration of infected red blood cells (RBCs) may contribute to innate immunity and variable outcomes of malaria infections. We show that filterability of individual RBCs is well predicted by...