Age-dependent changes in circulating Tfh cells influence development of functional malaria antibodies in children

JA Chan, JR Loughland, L de la Parte, S Okano… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
T-follicular helper (Tfh) cells are key drivers of antibodies that protect from malaria. However,
little is known regarding the host and parasite factors that influence Tfh and functional …

Advantages and prospects of tag/catcher mediated antigen display on capsid-like particle-based vaccines

KL Aves, L Goksøyr, AF Sander - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
Capsid-like particles (CLPs) are multimeric, repetitive assemblies of recombinant viral
capsid proteins, which are highly immunogenic due to their structural similarity to wild-type …

A review of combination adjuvants for malaria vaccines: a promising approach for vaccine development

S Pirahmadi, S Zakeri, ND Djadid, AA Mehrizi - International journal for …, 2021 - Elsevier
It is obvious that there is a critical need for an efficient malaria vaccine to accelerate malaria
eradication. Currently, recombinant subunit vaccination against malaria using proteins and …

Impact of a rapid decline in malaria transmission on antimalarial IgG subclasses and avidity

I Ssewanyana, J Rek, I Rodriguez, L Wu… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Understanding how immunity to malaria is affected by declining transmission is important to
aid vaccine design and understand disease resurgence. Both IgG subclasses and avidity of …

Deceiving and escaping complement–the evasive journey of the malaria parasite

MR Inklaar, C Barillas-Mury, MM Jore - Trends in parasitology, 2022 - cell.com
During its life cycle, Plasmodium, the malaria parasite, is exposed to the human and
mosquito complement systems. Early experiments demonstrated that activation of …

Understanding vaccine-elicited protective immunity against pre-erythrocytic stage malaria in endemic regions

AXY Mo, J Pesce, AD Augustine, JL Bodmer, J Breen… - Vaccine, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent malaria vaccine trials in endemic areas have yielded disparate results compared to
studies conducted in non-endemic areas. A workshop was organized to discuss the …

[HTML][HTML] Future use-cases of vaccines in malaria control and elimination

MA Penny, F Camponovo, N Chitnis, TA Smith… - Parasite epidemiology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Malaria burden has significantly changed or decreased over the last 20 years, however, it
remains an important health problem requiring the rigorous application of existing tools and …

Antibodies Produced in Response to a Live-Attenuated Dengue Vaccine are Functional in Activating the Complement System

EJM Nascimento, B Norwood… - The Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Antibody-driven complement system (CS) activation has been associated with
protection against symptomatic dengue virus (DENV) infection. Aggregation, opsonization …

Immunoinformatics approach for multi-epitope vaccine design against P. falciparum malaria

L Maharaj, VT Adeleke, AJ Fatoba, AA Adeniyi… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum) is a leading causative agent of malaria, an infectious
disease that can be fatal. Unfortunately, control measures are becoming less effective over …

Medicinal chemistry approaches for the discovery of Plasmodium falciparum dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitors as antimalarial agents

VK Vyas, T Shukla, M Sharma - Future Medicinal Chemistry, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Malaria is a severe human disease and a global health problem because of drug-resistant
strains. Drugs reported to prevent the growth of Plasmodium parasites target various phases …