Liver-Directed AAV8 Booster Vaccine Expressing Plasmodium falciparum Antigen Following Adenovirus Vaccine Priming Elicits Sterile Protection in a Murine Model

M Shahnaij, M Iyori, H Mizukami, M Kajino… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Hepatocyte infection by malaria sporozoites is a bottleneck in the life-cycle of Plasmodium
spp. including P. falciparum, which causes the most lethal form of malaria. Therefore …

Engineering Vaccines for Tissue‐Resident Memory T Cells

FC Knight, JT Wilson - Advanced therapeutics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, tissue‐resident memory T cells (TRM) have attracted significant attention in
the field of vaccine development. Distinct from central and effector memory T cells, TRM cells …

Evaluating the stability of host-reference gene expression and simultaneously quantifying parasite burden and host immune responses in murine malaria

DJ Browne, AM Kelly, J Brady, C Proietti… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The efficacy of pre-erythrocytic stage malaria antigens or vaccine platforms is routinely
assessed in murine models challenged with Plasmodium sporozoites. Relative liver-stage …

Resident memory T cells and their role within the liver

S Ghilas, AM Valencia-Hernandez, MH Enders… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Immunological memory is fundamental to maintain immunity against re-invading pathogens.
It is the basis for prolonged protection induced by vaccines and can be mediated by humoral …

Vaccine innovations for emerging infectious diseases—a symposium report

J Cable, P Srikantiah, JE Crowe Jr… - Annals of the New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Vaccines have been incredibly successful at stemming the morbidity and mortality of
infectious diseases worldwide. However, there are still no effective vaccines for many …

Tissue‐resident memory T (TRM) cells: Front‐line workers of the immune system

M Osman, SL Park, LK Mackay - European Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Tissue‐resident memory T (TRM) cells play a vital role in local immune protection against
infection and cancer. The location of TRM cells within peripheral tissues at sites of pathogen …

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 …

Single-dose vaccination with a hepatotropic adeno-associated virus efficiently localizes T cell immunity in the liver with the potential to confer rapid protection against …

ZA Mekonnen, B Grubor-Bauk, K English… - Journal of …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a significant contributor to the global disease burden, and
development of an effective vaccine is required to eliminate HCV infections worldwide …

Anti-TRAP/SSP2 monoclonal antibodies can inhibit sporozoite infection and may enhance protection of anti-CSP monoclonal antibodies

BK Wilder, V Vigdorovich, S Carbonetti, N Minkah… - npj Vaccines, 2022 - nature.com
Vaccine-induced sterilizing protection from infection by Plasmodium parasites, the
pathogens that cause malaria, will be essential in the fight against malaria as it would …

Harnessing liver-resident memory T cells for protection against malaria

D Fernandez-Ruiz, MN de Menezes… - Expert Review of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Tissue-resident memory T cells (TRM cells) are powerful mediators of protracted
adaptive immunity to infection in peripheral organs. Harnessing TRM cells through …