The N-terminus of Plasmodium falciparum Circumsporozoite Protein Contains Three Non-Overlapping Murine B-cell Epitope Regions

N Beutler, E Garcia, YC Lai, J Ndihokubwayo… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The generation of an anti-malarial vaccine that produces broad, potent, and durable
responses is highly desirable to control the burden of Plasmodium falciparum disease …

A novel CSP C-terminal epitope targeted by an antibody with protective activity against Plasmodium falciparum

N Beutler, T Pholcharee, D Oyen… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Potent and durable vaccine responses will be required for control of malaria caused by
Plasmodium falciparum (Pf). RTS, S/AS01 is the first, and to date, the only vaccine that has …

Antibodies elicited by Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite proteins lacking sequentially deleted C-terminal amino acids reveal mouse strain and epitopes …

CTH Hayashi, Y Cao, F Zavala, H Simonyan… - Vaccine, 2023 - Elsevier
Malaria affects∼ ¼ billion people globally and requires the development of additional tools
to aid in elimination efforts. The recently approved RTS, S/AS01 vaccine represents a …

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 …

Design and Evaluation of Chimeric Plasmodium falciparum Circumsporozoite Protein-Based Malaria Vaccines

WH Stump, HJ Klingenberg, AC Ott, DM Gonzales… - Vaccines, 2024 - mdpi.com
Efficacy data on two malaria vaccines, RTS, S and R21, targeting Plasmodium falciparum
circumsporozoite protein (Pf CSP), are encouraging. Efficacy may be improved by induction …

RTS, S/AS02A/1B Induces Antibodies to a Novel Plasmodium falciparum Circumsporozoite Protein Epitope with Sequence Similarities to the Junctional Region

DAJ Friedman-Klabanoff - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Background: Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein (CSP) is the target of multiple
vaccines in development. New promising monoclonal antibodies target the CSP junctional …

The challenges of a circumsporozoite protein-based malaria vaccine

D Chatterjee, IA Cockburn - Expert Review of Vaccines, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction A safe and effective vaccine will likely be necessary for the control or
eradication of malaria which kills 400,000 annually. Our most advanced vaccine candidate …

How to induce protective humoral immunity against Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein

I Wahl, H Wardemann - Journal of experimental medicine, 2022 - rupress.org
The induction of protective humoral immune responses against sporozoite surface proteins
of the human parasite Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) is a prime goal in the development of a …

Novel antibody competition binding assay identifies distinct serological profiles associated with protection

JS Bolton, RS MacGill, E Locke, JA Regules… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Pre-erythrocytic malaria vaccines hold the promise of inducing sterile protection
thereby preventing the morbidity and mortality associated with Plasmodium infection. The …

Characterization of human antibodies against Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein (PfCSP) epitopes

OE Oludada - 2024 - archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de
Plasmodium falciparum malaria, a mosquito-borne, unicellular parasitic disease, remains a
major health concern, particularly in the sub-Saharan Africa. Despite many attempts to …