Potent transmission-blocking monoclonal antibodies from naturally exposed individuals target a conserved epitope on Plasmodium falciparum Pfs230

D Ivanochko, A Fabra-García, K Teelen… - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
Pfs230 is essential for Plasmodium falciparum transmission to mosquitoes and is the protein
targeted by the most advanced malaria-transmission-blocking vaccine candidate. Prior …

Highly potent, naturally acquired human monoclonal antibodies against Pfs48/45 block Plasmodium falciparum transmission to mosquitoes

A Fabra-García, S Hailemariam, RM de Jong… - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
Malaria transmission-blocking vaccines (TBVs) aim to induce antibodies that interrupt
malaria parasite development in the mosquito, thereby blocking onward transmission, and …

Potent antibody lineage against malaria transmission elicited by human vaccination with Pfs25

B McLeod, K Miura, SW Scally, A Bosch… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Transmission-blocking vaccines have the potential to be key contributors to malaria
elimination. Such vaccines elicit antibodies that inhibit parasites during their development in …

Elucidating functional epitopes within the N-terminal region of malaria transmission blocking vaccine antigen Pfs230

K Miura, E Takashima, TP Pham, B Deng, L Zhou… - npj Vaccines, 2022 - nature.com
Pfs230 is a leading malaria transmission blocking vaccine (TBV) candidate. Comprising
3135 amino acids (aa), the large size of Pfs230 necessitates the use of sub-fragments as …

Pfs230 and Pfs48/45 Fusion Proteins Elicit Strong Transmission-Blocking Antibody Responses Against Plasmodium falciparum

SK Singh, S Thrane, BK Chourasia, K Teelen… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The Plasmodium falciparum Pf s230 and Pf s48/45 proteins are expressed during
transmission from man to mosquito and are leading candidates for a malaria transmission …

[HTML][HTML] A human antibody epitope map of Pfs230D1 derived from analysis of individuals vaccinated with a malaria transmission-blocking vaccine

WK Tang, CH Coelho, K Miura, BCN Tentokam… - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
Summary Pfs230 domain 1 (Pfs230D1) is an advanced malaria transmission-blocking
vaccine antigen demonstrating high functional activity in clinical trials. However, the …

Molecular definition of multiple sites of antibody inhibition of malaria transmission-blocking vaccine antigen Pfs25

SW Scally, B McLeod, A Bosch, K Miura… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract The Plasmodium falciparum Pfs25 protein (Pfs25) is a leading malaria transmission-
blocking vaccine antigen. Pfs25 vaccination is intended to elicit antibodies that inhibit …

The Virtues and Vices of Pfs230: From Vaccine Concept to Vaccine Candidate.

PE Duffy - The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and …, 2022 - europepmc.org
Among the Plasmodium falciparum surface antigens reported by Richard Carter and his
colleagues decades ago, Pfs230 is currently the target of the most advanced candidate for a …

Potent malaria transmission-blocking antibody responses elicited by Plasmodium falciparum Pfs25 expressed in Escherichia coli after successful protein refolding

R Kumar, E Angov, N Kumar - Infection and immunity, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT Production of Pfs25, a Plasmodium falciparum transmission-blocking vaccine
target antigen, in functional conformation with the potential to elicit effective immunogenicity …

Antibody targeting of a specific region of Pfs47 blocks Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission

GE Canepa, A Molina-Cruz, L Yenkoidiok-Douti… - NPJ vaccines, 2018 - nature.com
Transmission-blocking vaccines are based on eliciting antibody responses in the vertebrate
host that disrupt parasite development in the mosquito vector and prevent malaria …