B cell memory: building two walls of protection against pathogens

M Akkaya, K Kwak, SK Pierce - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2020 - nature.com
Surviving a single infection often results in lifelong immunity to the infecting pathogen. Such
protection is mediated, in large part, by two main B cell memory 'walls'—namely, long-lived …

Malaria eradication within a generation: ambitious, achievable, and necessary

RGA Feachem, I Chen, O Akbari, A Bertozzi-Villa… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Executive summary 50 years after a noble but flawed attempt to eradicate malaria in the mid-
20th century, the global malaria community is once again seriously considering eradication …

A monoclonal antibody for malaria prevention

MR Gaudinski, NM Berkowitz, AH Idris… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Additional interventions are needed to reduce the morbidity and mortality
caused by malaria. Methods We conducted a two-part, phase 1 clinical trial to assess the …

T cell-mediated immunity to malaria

SP Kurup, NS Butler, JT Harty - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2019 - nature.com
Immunity to malaria has been linked to the availability and function of helper CD4+ T cells,
cytotoxic CD8+ T cells and γδ T cells that can respond to both the asymptomatic liver stage …

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 …

Mapping functional humoral correlates of protection against malaria challenge following RTS, S/AS01 vaccination

TJ Suscovich, JK Fallon, J Das, AR Demas… - Science translational …, 2020 - science.org
Vaccine development has the potential to be accelerated by coupling tools such as systems
immunology analyses and controlled human infection models to define the protective …

Naturally Acquired Humoral Immunity Against Plasmodium falciparum Malaria

SJ Gonzales, RA Reyes, AE Braddom… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Malaria remains a significant contributor to the global burden of disease, with around 40% of
the world's population at risk of Plasmodium infections. The development of an effective …

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) …

First-in-human, randomized, double-blind clinical trial of differentially adjuvanted PAMVAC, a vaccine candidate to prevent pregnancy-associated malaria

B Mordmüller, M Sulyok, D Egger-Adam… - Clinical Infectious …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Malaria in pregnancy has major impacts on mother and child health. To
complement existing interventions, such as intermittent preventive treatment and use of …

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 …