Malaria vaccines: from the past towards the mRNA vaccine era

ME Tsoumani, C Voyiatzaki, A Efstathiou - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Plasmodium spp. is the etiological agent of malaria, a life-threatening parasitic disease
transmitted by infected mosquitoes. Malaria remains a major global health challenge …

Considerations on the design of lipid-based mRNA vaccines against cancer

S Meulewaeter, Y Zhang, A Wadhwa, K Fox… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Throughout the last decades, mRNA vaccines have been developed as a cancer
immunotherapeutic and the technology recently gained momentum during the COVID-19 …

Priming and Maintenance of Adaptive Immunity in the Liver

K Kawashima, F Andreata, CG Beccaria… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The liver's unique characteristics have a profound impact on the priming and maintenance of
adaptive immunity. This review delves into the cellular circuits that regulate adaptive …

Advancements and challenges in developing malaria vaccines: Targeting multiple stages of the parasite life cycle

Rajneesh, R Tiwari, VK Singh, A Kumar… - ACS Infectious …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Malaria, caused by Plasmodium species, remains a major global health concern, causing
millions of deaths annually. While the introduction of the RTS, S vaccine has shown promise …

mRNA vaccine designs for optimal adjuvanticity and delivery

Y Mochida, S Uchida - RNA biology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Adjuvanticity and delivery are crucial facets of mRNA vaccine design. In modern mRNA
vaccines, adjuvant functions are integrated into mRNA vaccine nanoparticles, allowing the …

Vaccine adjuvants: Tailoring innate recognition to send the right message

EC Lavelle, CP McEntee - Immunity, 2024 - cell.com
Adjuvants play pivotal roles in vaccine development, enhancing immunization efficacy
through prolonged retention and sustained release of antigen, lymph node targeting, and …

[HTML][HTML] Alpha-galactosylceramide improves the potency of mRNA LNP vaccines against cancer and intracellular bacteria

S Meulewaeter, I Aernout, J Deprez, Y Engelen… - Journal of Controlled …, 2024 - Elsevier
Although various types of mRNA-based vaccines have been explored, the optimal
conditions for induction of both humoral and cellular immunity remain rather unknown. In this …

[HTML][HTML] Role of mucosal-associated invariant T cells in coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine immunogenicity

A Amini, P Klenerman, NM Provine - Current Opinion in Virology, 2024 - Elsevier
Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are an unconventional T cell population that are
highly abundant in humans. They possess a semi-invariant T cell receptor (TCR) that …

Leveraging malaria vaccines and mRNA technology to tackle the global inequity in pharmaceutical research and production towards disease elimination

F Amimo - Malaria Journal, 2024 - Springer
Malaria vaccine introduction in endemic countries is a game-changing milestone in the fight
against the disease. This article examines the inequity in the global pharmaceutical …

CD8+ Trms against malaria liver-stage: prospects and challenges

C Zhu, S Jiao, W Xu - Frontiers in Immunology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Attenuated sporozoites provide a valuable model for exploring protective immunity against
the malarial liver stage, guiding the design of highly efficient vaccines to prevent malaria …