Structural basis of epitope selectivity and potent protection from malaria by PfCSP antibody L9

GM Martin, ML Fernández-Quintero, WH Lee… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
A primary objective in malaria vaccine design is the generation of high-quality antibody
responses against the circumsporozoite protein of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium …

Vaccine-induced monoclonal antibodies targeting circumsporozoite protein prevent Plasmodium falciparum infection

L Foquet, CC Hermsen, GJ van Gemert… - The Journal of …, 2014 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Malaria, which is the result of Plasmodium falciparum infection, is a global health threat that
resulted in 655,000 deaths and 216 million clinical cases in 2010 alone. Recent phase 3 …

Inducing humoral and cellular responses to multiple sporozoite and liver-stage malaria antigens using exogenous plasmid DNA

B Ferraro, KT Talbott, A Balakrishnan… - Infection and …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT A vaccine candidate that elicits humoral and cellular responses to multiple
sporozoite and liver-stage antigens may be able to confer protection against Plasmodium …

C3d-defined complement receptor-binding peptide p28 conjugated to circumsporozoite protein provides protection against Plasmodium berghei

ES Bergmann-Leitner, EH Duncan, WW Leitner… - Vaccine, 2007 - Elsevier
Immune response against circumsporozoite protein (CSP) of Plasmodium berghei, a major
surface protein on the sporozoite, confers protection in various murine malaria models …

Tailoring a combination preerythrocytic malaria vaccine

K Bauza, E Atcheson, T Malinauskas… - Infection and …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
The leading malaria vaccine candidate, RTS, S, based on the Plasmodium falciparum
circumsporozoite protein (CSP), will likely be the first publicly adopted malaria vaccine …

An opsonic phagocytosis assay for Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites

RWJ Steel, BK Sack, M Tsuji, MJL Navarro… - Clinical and Vaccine …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Plasmodium falciparum malaria remains the deadliest parasitic disease worldwide.
Vaccines targeting the preerythrocytic sporozoite and liver stages have the potential to …

Chimeric Plasmodium falciparum parasites expressing Plasmodium vivax circumsporozoite protein fail to produce salivary gland sporozoites

C Marin-Mogollon, FJA van Pul, S Miyazaki, T Imai… - Malaria journal, 2018 - Springer
Background Rodent malaria parasites where the gene encoding circumsporozoite protein
(CSP) has been replaced with csp genes from the human malaria parasites, Plasmodium …

A malaria vaccine adjuvant based on recombinant antigen binding to liposomes

WC Huang, B Deng, C Lin, KA Carter, J Geng… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Pfs25 is a malaria transmission-blocking vaccine antigen candidate, but its apparently
limited immunogenicity in humans has hindered clinical development. Here, we show that …

Plasmodium falciparum synthetic LbL microparticle vaccine elicits protective neutralizing antibody and parasite-specific cellular immune responses

TJ Powell, J Tang, ME DeRome, RA Mitchell, A Jacobs… - Vaccine, 2013 - Elsevier
Epitopes of the circumsporozoite (CS) protein of Plasmodium falciparum, the most
pathogenic species of the malaria parasite, have been shown to elicit protective immunity in …

Construction and evaluation of a multistage combination vaccine against malaria

Q Zhang, X Xue, L Qu, W Pan - Vaccine, 2007 - Elsevier
Due to the complex life cycle and high antigenic diversity of the malaria parasite, a
multistage vaccine may be necessary for optimal protection against the disease. Our …