作者: Cecilia P. Sanchez , Wilfred D. Stein , Michael Lanzer
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摘要: Chloroquine (CQ), an antimalarial drug with a long history, now frequently fails in the field owing to rapid spread of resistant Plasmodium falciparum strains. CQ resistance is linked K76T mutation PfCRT, membrane-located food vacuolar protein and member drug-metabolite transporter superfamily, but there as yet no agreed mechanism how mutated PfCRT brings about resistance. Current models suggest that acts either channel or CQ, enabling leave digestive vacuole parasite, which accumulates. Here, we review pros cons carrier light recent developments field.