Sporozoite immunization: innovative translational science to support the fight against malaria

TL Richie, LWP Church, T Murshedkar… - Expert review of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Malaria, a devastating febrile illness caused by protozoan parasites, sickened
247,000,000 people in 2021 and killed 619,000, mostly children and pregnant women in …

[HTML][HTML] Host-parasite interactions during Plasmodium infection: Implications for immunotherapies

P Chandley, R Ranjan, S Kumar, S Rohatgi - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Malaria is a global infectious disease that remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality
in the developing world. Multiple environmental and host and parasite factors govern the …

[HTML][HTML] Accelerated prime-and-trap vaccine regimen in mice using repRNA-based CSP malaria vaccine

Z MacMillen, K Hatzakis, A Simpson, MJ Shears… - npj Vaccines, 2024 - nature.com
Malaria, caused by Plasmodium parasites, remains one of the most devastating infectious
diseases worldwide, despite control efforts to lower morbidity and mortality. Both advanced …

Elucidation of the Tissue Distribution and Host Immunostimulatory Activity of Exogenously Administered Probiotic-Derived Extracellular Vesicles for Immunoadjuvant

M Morishita, M Kida, T Motomura… - Molecular …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are cell-derived nanoparticles that can be used as novel
biomaterials. In the development of EVs-based therapeutic systems, it is essential to …

[HTML][HTML] Ultra-low volume intradermal administration of radiation-attenuated sporozoites with the glycolipid adjuvant 7DW8-5 completely protects mice against malaria

FN Watson, MJ Shears, AC Kalata, CJ Duncombe… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Radiation-attenuated sporozoite (RAS) vaccines can completely prevent blood stage
Plasmodium infection by inducing liver-resident memory CD8+ T cells to target parasites in …

Preliminary studies on the immunogenicity of a prime-and-trap malaria vaccine in nonhuman primates

MJ Shears, FN Watson, BC Stone, IC Talavera… - Vaccine, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Development of next-generation vaccines against Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) is a
priority. Many malaria vaccines target the pre-erythrocytic sporozoite (SPZ) and liver stages …

[HTML][HTML] Natural Killer T Cell Diversity and Immunotherapy

EI Tognarelli, C Gutiérrez-Vera, PA Palacios… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cell-based oncotherapies are gaining considerable terrain in the last
years thanks to the development of safe and promising treatments against cancer. A better …

[HTML][HTML] More time to kill: A longer liver stage increases T cell-mediated protection against pre-erythrocytic malaria

N Yadav, C Parthiban, ZP Billman, BC Stone… - iScience, 2023 - cell.com
Liver stage (LS) Plasmodia mature in 2–2.5 days in rodents compared to 5–6 days in
humans. Plasmodium-specific CD8+ T cell expansion differs across these varied timespans …

[HTML][HTML] Immunogenicity, Efficacy, and Safety of a Novel Synthetic Microparticle Pre-Erythrocytic Malaria Vaccine in Multiple Host Species

TJ Powell, J Tang, R Mitchell, ME DeRome, A Jacobs… - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
We previously reported a protective antibody response in mice immunized with synthetic
microparticle vaccines made using layer-by-layer fabrication (LbL-MP) and containing the …

[HTML][HTML] Sex-specific differences in cytokine induction by the glycolipid adjuvant 7DW8-5 in mice

FN Watson, CJ Duncombe, AC Kalata, E Conrad… - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
7DW8-5 is a potent glycolipid adjuvant that improves malaria vaccine efficacy in mice by
inducing IFN-γ and increasing protective CD8+ T cell responses. The addition of 7DW8-5 …