mRNA vaccine against malaria tailored for liver-resident memory T cells

M Ganley, LE Holz, JJ Minnell, MN de Menezes… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Malaria is caused by Plasmodium species transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes. Following
a mosquito bite, Plasmodium sporozoites migrate from skin to liver, where extensive …

Liver-resident memory CD8+ T cells form a front-line defense against malaria liver-stage infection

D Fernandez-Ruiz, WY Ng, LE Holz, JZ Ma, A Zaid… - Immunity, 2016 - cell.com
In recent years, various intervention strategies have reduced malaria morbidity and mortality,
but further improvements probably depend upon development of a broadly protective …

Glycolipid-peptide vaccination induces liver-resident memory CD8+ T cells that protect against rodent malaria

LE Holz, YC Chua, MN de Menezes, RJ Anderson… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Liver resident-memory CD8+ T cells (TRM cells) can kill liver-stage Plasmodium-infected
cells and prevent malaria, but simple vaccines for generating this important immune …

Prime and target immunization protects against liver-stage malaria in mice

A Gola, D Silman, AA Walters, S Sridhar… - Science translational …, 2018 - science.org
Despite recent advances in treatment and vector control, malaria is still a leading cause of
death, emphasizing the need for an effective vaccine. The malaria life cycle can be …

A natural peptide antigen within the plasmodium ribosomal protein RPL6 confers liver TRM cell-mediated immunity against malaria in mice

AM Valencia-Hernandez, WY Ng, N Ghazanfari… - Cell host & …, 2020 - cell.com
Liver-resident memory CD8+ T (T RM) cells remain in and constantly patrol the liver to elicit
rapid immunity upon antigen encounter and can mediate efficient protection against liver …

CD8+ T effector memory cells protect against liver-stage malaria

A Reyes-Sandoval, DH Wyllie, K Bauza… - The Journal of …, 2011 - journals.aai.org
Identification of correlates of protection for infectious diseases including malaria is a major
challenge and has become one of the main obstacles in developing effective vaccines. We …

CD8+ T cell activation leads to constitutive formation of liver tissue-resident memory T cells that seed a large and flexible niche in the liver

LE Holz, JE Prier, D Freestone, TM Steiner, K English… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
Liver tissue-resident memory T (Trm) cells migrate throughout the sinusoids and are capable
of protecting against malaria sporozoite challenge. To gain an understanding of liver Trm …

mRNA vaccines: a new opportunity for malaria, tuberculosis and HIV

L Matarazzo, PJG Bettencourt - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The success of the first licensed mRNA-based vaccines against COVID-19 has created a
widespread interest on mRNA technology for vaccinology. As expected, the number of …

Unique transcriptional profile of liver-resident memory CD8+ T cells induced by immunization with malaria sporozoites

SW Tse, IA Cockburn, H Zhang, AL Scott, F Zavala - Genes & Immunity, 2013 - nature.com
Sterile immunity against live Plasmodium infection can be achieved by immunization with
radiation-attenuated sporozoites. This protection is known to be mediated in part by antigen …

Expeditious recruitment of circulating memory CD8 T cells to the liver facilitates control of malaria

MN Lefebvre, FA Surette, SM Anthony, R Vijay… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
Circulating memory CD8 T cell trafficking and protective capacity during liver-stage malaria
infection remains undefined. We find that effector memory CD8 T cells (Tem) infiltrate the …