Specific Inhibition of the Plasmodial Surface Anion Channel by Dantrolene
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Malaria parasites are rapidly killed by dantrolene derivatives specific for the plasmodial surface anion channel.
Dantrolene was recently identified as a novel inhibitor of the plasmodial surface anion channel (PSAC), an unusual ion channel on Plasmodium falciparum-infected human red blood cells. Because dantrolene is used clinically, has a high therapeutic index, and has desirable chemical synthetic properties, it may be a lead compound for antimalarial development. However, dantrolene derivatives would n...
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عنوان ژورنال: Eukaryotic Cell
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1535-9778,1535-9786
DOI: 10.1128/ec.00212-06