Structural and biophysical correlation of anti-NANP antibodies with in vivo protection against P. falciparum

T Pholcharee, D Oyen, Y Flores-Garcia… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The most advanced P. falciparum circumsporozoite protein-based malaria vaccine, RTS,
S/AS01 (RTS, S), confers partial protection but with antibody titers that wane relatively …

Identification of minimal human MHC-restricted CD8+ T-cell epitopes within the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein (CSP)

M Sedegah, Y Kim, H Ganeshan, J Huang, M Belmonte… - Malaria journal, 2013 - Springer
Background Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein (CSP) is a leading malaria
vaccine candidate antigen, known to elicit protective antibody responses in humans (RTS, S …

The N-terminal domain of Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein represents a target of protective immunity

SE Bongfen, PM Ntsama, S Offner, T Smith, I Felger… - Vaccine, 2009 - Elsevier
The N-terminal domain of the circumsporozoite protein (CSP) has been largely neglected in
the search for a malaria vaccine in spite of being a target of inhibitory antibodies and …

Optimization of a Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein repeat vaccine using the tobacco mosaic virus platform

MD Langowski, FA Khan, AA Bitzer… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Plasmodium falciparum vaccine RTS, S/AS01 is based on the major NPNA repeat and the C-
terminal region of the circumsporozoite protein (CSP). RTS, S-induced NPNA-specific …

Proteolytic Cleavage of the Plasmodium falciparum Circumsporozoite Protein Is a Target of Protective Antibodies

DA Espinosa, GM Gutierrez… - The Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Studies in animals and human volunteers demonstrate that antibodies against the repeat-
region of the Plasmodium circumsporozoite protein (CSP) abrogate sporozoite infection …

A Full-Length Plasmodium falciparum Recombinant Circumsporozoite Protein Expressed by Pseudomonas fluorescens Platform as a Malaria Vaccine Candidate

AR Noe, D Espinosa, X Li, JGA Coelho-dos-Reis… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The circumsporozoite protein (CSP) of Plasmodium falciparum is a major surface protein,
which forms a dense coat on the sporozoite's surface. Preclinical research on CSP and …

An open-label phase 1/2a trial of a genetically modified rodent malaria parasite for immunization against Plasmodium falciparum malaria

IJ Reuling, AM Mendes, GM de Jong… - Science translational …, 2020 - science.org
For some diseases, successful vaccines have been developed using a nonpathogenic
counterpart of the causative microorganism of choice. The nonpathogenicity of the rodent …

T-dependent B cell responses to Plasmodium induce antibodies that form a high-avidity multivalent complex with the circumsporozoite protein

CR Fisher, HJ Sutton, JA Kaczmarski… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The repeat region of the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein (CSP) is a major
vaccine antigen because it can be targeted by parasite neutralizing antibodies; however …

Conversion of poorly immunogenic malaria repeat sequences into a highly immunogenic vaccine candidate

DR Milich, J Hughes, J Jones, M Sällberg, TR Phillips - Vaccine, 2001 - Elsevier
The recent success of a Plasmodium falciparum malaria vaccine consisting of
circumsporozoite protein (CSP) T and B cell epitopes has rekindled interest in the …

[HTML][HTML] Breadth of humoral immune responses to the C-terminus of the circumsporozoite protein is associated with protective efficacy induced by the RTS, S malaria …

S Chaudhury, RS MacGill, AM Early, JS Bolton… - Vaccine, 2021 - Elsevier
The circumsporozoite protein (CSP) is the main surface antigen of malaria sporozoites, a
prime vaccine target, and is known to have polymorphisms in the C-terminal region …