High avidity antibodies to full-length VAR2CSA correlate with absence of placental malaria

YL Tutterrow, A Salanti, M Avril, JD Smith, IS Pagano… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
VAR2CSA mediates sequestration of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes in the
placenta, increasing the risk of poor pregnancy outcomes. Naturally acquired antibodies …

High levels of antibodies to multiple domains and strains of VAR2CSA correlate with the absence of placental malaria in Cameroonian women living in an area of high …

YL Tutterrow, M Avril, K Singh, CA Long… - Infection and …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Placental malaria, caused by sequestration of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes
in the placenta, is associated with increased risk of maternal morbidity and poor birth …

VAR2CSA Domain-Specific Analysis of Naturally Acquired Functional Antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum Placental Malaria

JYA Doritchamou, R Herrera, JA Aebig… - The Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background. Placental malaria is caused by Plasmodium falciparum–infected erythrocytes
(IEs) that surface-express VAR2CSA and bind chondroitin sulfate A. The inflammatory …

Comparison of the specificity of antibodies to VAR2CSA in Cameroonian multigravidae with and without placental malaria: a retrospective case–control study

A Babakhanyan, R Fang, A Wey, A Salanti, G Sama… - Malaria journal, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background Antibodies (Ab) to VAR2CSA prevent Plasmodium falciparum-infected
erythrocytes from sequestrating in the placenta, ie, prevent placental malaria (PM). The …

[HTML][HTML] A conserved epitope in VAR2CSA is targeted by a cross-reactive antibody originating from Plasmodium vivax Duffy binding protein

U Iyamu, DF Vinals, B Tornyigah, E Arango… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
During Plasmodium falciparum infection in pregnancy, VAR2CSA is expressed on the
surface of infected erythrocytes (IEs) and mediates their sequestration in the placenta. As a …

Induction of strain-transcendent antibodies to placental-type isolates with VAR2CSA DBL3 or DBL5 recombinant proteins

M Avril, MM Cartwright, MJ Hathaway, JD Smith - Malaria Journal, 2011 - Springer
Background Pregnancy associated malaria is a severe clinical syndrome associated with
sequestration of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes in the placenta. Placental …

Antibodies to a full-length VAR2CSA immunogen are broadly strain-transcendent but do not cross-inhibit different placental-type parasite isolates

M Avril, MJ Hathaway, A Srivastava, S Dechavanne… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
The high molecular weight, multidomain VAR2CSA protein mediating adhesion of
Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes in the placenta is the leading candidate for a …

Var2CSA minimal CSA binding region is located within the N-terminal region

A Srivastava, S Gangnard, S Dechavanne, F Amirat… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Var2CSA, a key molecule linked with pregnancy-associated malaria (PAM), causes
sequestration of Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes (PEs) in the placenta by …

Evidence for globally shared, cross-reacting polymorphic epitopes in the pregnancy-associated malaria vaccine candidate VAR2CSA

M Avril, BR Kulasekara, SO Gose, C Rowe… - Infection and …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
Pregnancy-associated malaria (PAM) is characterized by the placental sequestration of
Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes (IEs) with the ability to bind to chondroitin …

Cross-Species Immune Recognition Between Plasmodium vivax Duffy Binding Protein Antibodies and the Plasmodium falciparum Surface Antigen VAR2CSA

S Gnidehou, CJ Mitran, E Arango… - The Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background In pregnancy, Plasmodium falciparum parasites express the surface
antigen VAR2CSA, which mediates adherence of red blood cells to chondroitin sulfate A …