Malaria: influence of Anopheles mosquito saliva on Plasmodium infection

G Arora, YM Chuang, P Sinnis, G Dimopoulos… - Trends in …, 2023 - cell.com
Malaria is caused by Plasmodium protozoa that are transmitted by anopheline mosquitoes.
Plasmodium sporozoites are released with saliva when an infected female mosquito takes a …

Plasmodium sporozoites on the move: Switching from cell traversal to productive invasion of hepatocytes

M Loubens, L Vincensini, P Fernandes… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Parasites of the genus Plasmodium, the etiological agent of malaria, are transmitted through
the bite of anopheline mosquitoes, which deposit sporozoites into the host skin. Sporozoites …

A potent anti-malarial human monoclonal antibody targets circumsporozoite protein minor repeats and neutralizes sporozoites in the liver

LT Wang, LS Pereira, Y Flores-Garcia, J O'Connor… - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
Discovering potent human monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) targeting the Plasmodium
falciparum circumsporozoite protein (PfCSP) on sporozoites (SPZ) and elucidating their …

Mapping functional humoral correlates of protection against malaria challenge following RTS, S/AS01 vaccination

TJ Suscovich, JK Fallon, J Das, AR Demas… - Science translational …, 2020 - science.org
Vaccine development has the potential to be accelerated by coupling tools such as systems
immunology analyses and controlled human infection models to define the protective …

A genetically engineered Plasmodium falciparum parasite vaccine provides protection from controlled human malaria infection

SC Murphy, AM Vaughan, JG Kublin… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Genetically engineered live Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites constitute a potential
platform for creating consistently attenuated, genetically defined, whole-parasite vaccines …

Evolution of protective human antibodies against Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein repeat motifs

R Murugan, SW Scally, G Costa, G Mustafa, E Thai… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
The circumsporozoite protein of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum
(PfCSP) is the main target of antibodies that prevent the infection and disease, as shown in …

[HTML][HTML] Cytotoxicity of human antibodies targeting the circumsporozoite protein is amplified by 3D substrate and correlates with protection

MC Aguirre-Botero, LT Wang, P Formaglio… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Human monoclonal antibodies (hmAbs) targeting the Plasmodium falciparum
circumsporozoite protein (PfCSP) on the sporozoite surface are a promising tool for …

Protective effects of combining monoclonal antibodies and vaccines against the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein

LT Wang, LS Pereira, PK Kiyuka, A Schön… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Combinations of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against different epitopes on the same
antigen synergistically neutralize many viruses. However, there are limited studies …

The P. falciparum CSP repeat region contains three distinct epitopes required for protection by antibodies in vivo

Y Flores-Garcia, LT Wang, M Park, B Asady… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Rare and potent monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against the Plasmodium falciparum (Pf)
circumsporozoite protein (CSP) on infective sporozoites (SPZ) preferentially bind the PfCSP …

An epitope-based malaria vaccine targeting the junctional region of circumsporozoite protein

L Jelínková, H Jhun, A Eaton, N Petrovsky, F Zavala… - npj Vaccines, 2021 - nature.com
A malaria vaccine that elicits long-lasting protection and is suitable for use in endemic areas
remains urgently needed. Here, we assessed the immunogenicity and prophylactic efficacy …