T cell-mediated immunity to malaria

SP Kurup, NS Butler, JT Harty - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2019 - nature.com
Immunity to malaria has been linked to the availability and function of helper CD4+ T cells,
cytotoxic CD8+ T cells and γδ T cells that can respond to both the asymptomatic liver stage …

Immunity to malaria in an era of declining malaria transmission

FJI Fowkes, P Boeuf, JG Beeson - Parasitology, 2016 - cambridge.org
With increasing malaria control and goals of malaria elimination, many endemic areas are
transitioning from high-to-low-to-no malaria transmission. Reductions in transmission will …

Killer lymphocytes use granulysin, perforin and granzymes to kill intracellular parasites

F Dotiwala, S Mulik, RB Polidoro, JA Ansara… - Nature medicine, 2016 - nature.com
Protozoan infections are a serious global health problem,. Natural killer (NK) cells and
cytolytic T lymphocytes (CTLs) eliminate pathogen-infected cells by releasing cytolytic …

A replication competent Plasmodium falciparum parasite completely attenuated by dual gene deletion

D Goswami, H Patel, W Betz, J Armstrong… - EMBO Molecular …, 2024 - embopress.org
Vaccination with infectious Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) sporozoites (SPZ) administered with
antimalarial drugs (PfSPZ-CVac), confers superior sterilizing protection against infection …

Humanized mouse models for the study of human malaria parasite biology, pathogenesis, and immunity

NK Minkah, C Schafer, SHI Kappe - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Malaria parasite infection continues to inflict extensive morbidity and mortality in resource-
poor countries. The insufficiently understood parasite biology, continuously evolving drug …

Application of carbon nanotubes in cancer vaccines: Achievements, challenges and chances

HAFM Hassan, SS Diebold, LA Smyth… - Journal of controlled …, 2019 - Elsevier
Tumour− specific, immuno− based therapeutic interventions can be considered as safe and
effective approaches for cancer therapy. Exploitation of nano− vaccinology to intensify the …

Role of vitamin D in cytotoxic T lymphocyte immunity to pathogens and cancer

S Sarkar, M Hewison, GP Studzinski… - Critical reviews in …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The discovery of vitamin D receptor (VDR) expression in immune cells has opened up a new
area of research into immunoregulation by vitamin D, a niche that is distinct from its classical …

Memory CD8+ T cell‐mediated protection against liver‐stage malaria

M Hassert, S Arumugam, JT Harty - Immunological reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nearly half of the world's population is at risk of malaria, a disease caused by the protozoan
parasite Plasmodium, which is estimated to cause more than 240,000,000 infections and kill …

In vivo assembly of nanoparticles achieved through synergy of structure‐based protein engineering and synthetic DNA generates enhanced adaptive immunity

Z Xu, MC Wise, N Chokkalingam, S Walker… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nanotechnologies are considered to be of growing importance to the vaccine field. Through
decoration of immunogens on multivalent nanoparticles, designed nanovaccines can elicit …

Protective immunity to liver‐stage malaria

LE Holz, D Fernandez‐Ruiz… - Clinical & translational …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Despite decades of research and recent clinical trials, an efficacious long‐lasting
preventative vaccine for malaria remains elusive. This parasite infects mammals via …