Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 17, 2026

Ookluc: A Plasmodium berghei Line for Identifying Transmission-blocking Compounds
Published on: July 11, 2025
[Antimalarials in systemic diseases]
1Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Madrid.
Abstract:
Antimalarials are drugs known for more than 300 years. Most widely used antimalarials are chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, and less commonly quinacrine. The mechanisms of action are various and incompletely defined in the present moment. Antimalarials are used in numerous autoimmune diseases, the most frequent of which are rheumatoid arthritis and lupus erythematous. These drugs benefit especially cutaneous and articular disease, and moreover they are helpful for improvement blood glucose, lipids, and platelet aggregation. We discuss the dose and the most common adverse effects, especially those related to retina. Attention is especially directed to the treatment of pregnant women. Antimalarials favorable effectiveness-toxicity proportion advises consider them in the management of autoimmune diseases.
More Related Videos
09:13Understanding the Development of Compensatory Pathways in a Mutant Malaria Parasite Harbouring Hypomorphic Allele of Plant-Like Kinases
Published on: November 22, 2024
10:22Methods to Investigate the Regulatory Role of Small RNAs and Ribosomal Occupancy of Plasmodium falciparum
Published on: December 4, 2015
Related Concept Videos
Antiprotozoal Agents
Anthelminthic Agents
Malaria
Anticoagulant Drugs: Low-Molecular-Weight Heparins
Fungal Phylum Microsporidia
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring: Affecting Factors