[HTML][HTML] Avidity in antibody effector functions and biotherapeutic drug design

SC Oostindie, GA Lazar, J Schuurman… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Antibodies are the cardinal effector molecules of the immune system and are being
leveraged with enormous success as biotherapeutic drugs. A key part of the adaptive …

[HTML][HTML] Malaria vaccines since 2000: progress, priorities, products

PE Duffy, J Patrick Gorres - npj Vaccines, 2020 - nature.com
Malaria vaccine development entered a new era in 2015 when the pre-erythrocytic
Plasmodium falciparum candidate RTS, S was favorably reviewed by the European …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Structure of CD20 in complex with the therapeutic monoclonal antibody rituximab

L Rougé, N Chiang, M Steffek, C Kugel, TI Croll, C Tam… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Cluster of differentiation 20 (CD20) is a B cell membrane protein that is targeted by
monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of malignancies and autoimmune disorders but …

[HTML][HTML] A candidate antibody drug for prevention of malaria

KL Williams, S Guerrero, Y Flores-Garcia, D Kim… - Nature medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Over 75% of malaria-attributable deaths occur in children under the age of 5 years.
However, the first malaria vaccine recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) …

[HTML][HTML] Affinity-matured homotypic interactions induce spectrum of PfCSP structures that influence protection from malaria infection

GM Martin, JL Torres, T Pholcharee, D Oyen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The generation of high-quality antibody responses to Plasmodium falciparum (Pf)
circumsporozoite protein (PfCSP), the primary surface antigen of Pf sporozoites, is …

Antibodies against Plasmodium falciparum malaria at the molecular level

JP Julien, H Wardemann - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2019 - nature.com
Malaria is a vector-borne disease of global importance, with the vast majority of its life-
threatening cases caused by infection with Plasmodium falciparum parasites. Repeated …

[HTML][HTML] Heterotypic interactions drive antibody synergy against a malaria vaccine candidate

RJ Ragotte, D Pulido, AM Lias, D Quinkert… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Understanding mechanisms of antibody synergy is important for vaccine design and
antibody cocktail development. Examples of synergy between antibodies are well …

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] 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 …