Five decades of clinical assessment of whole-sporozoite malaria vaccines

H Nunes-Cabaço, D Moita, M Prudêncio - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In 1967, pioneering work by Ruth Nussenzweig demonstrated for the first time that irradiated
sporozoites of the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei protected mice against a …

Plasmodium vivax Latent Liver Stage Infection and Relapse: Biological Insights and New Experimental Tools

C Schäfer, G Zanghi, AM Vaughan… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Plasmodium vivax is the most widespread human malaria parasite, in part because it can
form latent liver stages known as hypnozoites after transmission by female anopheline …

Messenger RNA expressing PfCSP induces functional, protective immune responses against malaria in mice

KL Mallory, JA Taylor, X Zou, IN Waghela… - npj Vaccines, 2021 - nature.com
Human malaria affects the vast majority of the world's population with the Plasmodium
falciparum species causing the highest rates of morbidity and mortality. With no licensed …

Multifunctional IgG/IgM antibodies and cellular cytotoxicity are elicited by the full-length MSP1 SumayaVac-1 malaria vaccine

M Rosenkranz, K Fürle, J Hibbert, A Ulmer, A Ali… - npj Vaccines, 2023 - nature.com
Radical control of malaria likely requires a vaccine that targets both the asymptomatic liver
stages and the disease-causing blood stages of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium …

A critical review on human malaria and schistosomiasis vaccines: current state, recent advancements, and developments

AJ Siddiqui, J Bhardwaj, J Saxena, S Jahan, M Snoussi… - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Malaria and schistosomiasis are two major parasitic diseases that remain leading causes of
morbidity and mortality worldwide. Co-infections of these two parasites are common in the …

AIM2 sensors mediate immunity to Plasmodium infection in hepatocytes

C Marques-da-Silva, B Poudel… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Malaria, caused by Plasmodium parasites is a severe disease affecting millions of people
around the world. Plasmodium undergoes obligatory development and replication in the …

Emulsion and liposome-based adjuvanted R21 vaccine formulations mediate protection against malaria through distinct immune mechanisms

S Reinke, E Pantazi, GR Chappell… - Cell Reports …, 2023 - cell.com
Adjuvanted protein vaccines offer high efficacy, yet most potent adjuvants remain
proprietary. Several adjuvant compounds are being developed by the Vaccine Formulation …

Exploring in vitro expression and immune potency in mice using mRNA encoding the Plasmodium falciparum malaria antigen, CelTOS

IN Waghela, KL Mallory, JA Taylor… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The secreted malarial protein, Cell-Traversal protein for Ookinetes and Sporozoites
(CelTOS), is highly conserved among Plasmodium species, and plays a role in the invasion …

An optimal control model to understand the potential impact of the new vaccine and transmission-blocking drugs for malaria: A case study in papua and west papua …

BD Handari, RA Ramadhani, CW Chukwu… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Malaria is one of the major causes of a high death rate due to infectious diseases every
year. Despite attempts to eradicate the disease, results have not been very successful. New …

Inherently Reduced Expression of ASC Restricts Caspase-1 Processing in Hepatocytes and Promotes Plasmodium Infection

C Marques-da-Silva, C Schmidt-Silva… - The Journal of …, 2024 - journals.aai.org
Inflammasome-mediated caspase-1 activation facilitates innate immune control of
Plasmodium in the liver, thereby limiting the incidence and severity of clinical malaria …