Malaria Epigenetics Articles under review, posted as preprints or in press:
Pérez-Cantero, O. Llorà-Batlle, I. Pelaez-Conde, C. Martínez-Guardiola & Alfred Cortés, “Heterochromatin de novo formation and maintenance in P. falciparum”, under review, posted in bioRxiv (doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.06.631576).
Published articles:
S. Nhim, E. Tintó-Font, N. Casas-Vila, L. Michel-Todó & A. Cortés, 2024, “Heterochromatin dynamics during the initial stages of sexual development in Plasmodium falciparum”, Sci. Rep. 14:23180.
Ayllon-Hermida, M. Nicolau-Fernandez, A.M. Larrinaga, I. Aparici-Herraiz, E. Tintó-Font, O. Llorà-Batlle, A. Orban, M.F. Yasnot, M. Graupera, M. Esteller, J. Popovici, A. Cortés, H.A. Del Portillo & C. Fernandez-Becerra, 2024, “Plasmodium vivax spleen-dependent protein 1 and its role in extracellular vesicles-mediated intrasplenic infections”, Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol. 14:1408451.
Freville A, Stewart LB, Tetteh KKA, Treeck M, Cortes A, Voss TS, Tarr SJ, Baker DA & Conway DJ., 2024, “Expression of the MSPDBL2 antigen in a discrete subset of Plasmodium falciparum schizonts is regulated by GDV1 but may not be linked to sexual commitment”, mBio 15(5):e0314023.
L. Michel-Todó, C. Bancells, N. Casas-Vila, N. Rovira-Graells, C. HernándezFerrer, J.R. González & A. Cortés, 2023, “Patterns of Heterochromatin Transitions Linked to Changes in the Expression of Plasmodium falciparum Clonally Variant Genes”, Microbiol Spectr. 11:e0304922.
E. Tintó-Font & Cortés A., 2022, REVIEW (News & Views): “How a malaria parasite becomes a male”, Nature 612:408-409.
H.P. Portugaliza, H.M. Natama, P. Guetens, E. Rovira-Vallbona, A.M. Somé, A. Millogo, D.F. Ouédraogo, I. Valéa, H. Sorgho, T. Halidou, N. van Hong, A. Sitoe, R. Varo, Q. Bassat, A. Cortés* & A. Rosanas-Urgell*, 2022, “Plasmodium falciparum sexual conversion rates can be affected by artemisinin-based treatment in naturally infected malaria patients”, EBioMedicine 83:104198. *equal contribution, co-corresponding authors
E. Tintó-Font & A. Cortés, 2022, REVIEW: “Malaria parasites do respond to heat”, Trends Parasitol. 38:435-49. Cover image