Malaria vaccines since 2000: progress, priorities, products

PE Duffy, J Patrick Gorres - npj Vaccines, 2020 - nature.com
Malaria vaccine development entered a new era in 2015 when the pre-erythrocytic
Plasmodium falciparum candidate RTS, S was favorably reviewed by the European …

Malaria prevention: from immunological concepts to effective vaccines and protective antibodies

IA Cockburn, RA Seder - Nature immunology, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Development of a malaria vaccine remains a critical priority to decrease clinical
disease and mortality and facilitate eradication. Accordingly, RTS, S, a protein-subunit …

A human monoclonal antibody prevents malaria infection by targeting a new site of vulnerability on the parasite

NK Kisalu, AH Idris, C Weidle, Y Flores-Garcia… - Nature medicine, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Development of a highly effective vaccine or antibodies for the prevention and
ultimately elimination of malaria is urgently needed. Here we report the isolation of a number …

Messenger RNA expressing PfCSP induces functional, protective immune responses against malaria in mice

KL Mallory, JA Taylor, X Zou, IN Waghela… - npj Vaccines, 2021 - nature.com
Human malaria affects the vast majority of the world's population with the Plasmodium
falciparum species causing the highest rates of morbidity and mortality. With no licensed …

[PDF][PDF] 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 …

A public antibody lineage that potently inhibits malaria infection through dual binding to the circumsporozoite protein

J Tan, BK Sack, D Oyen, I Zenklusen, L Piccoli… - Nature medicine, 2018 - nature.com
Immunization with attenuated Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites (PfSPZs) has been shown
to be protective against malaria, but the features of the antibody response induced by this …

Clonal selection drives protective memory B cell responses in controlled human malaria infection

R Murugan, L Buchauer, G Triller, C Kreschel… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Affinity maturation, the clonal selection and expansion of antigen-activated B cells
expressing somatically mutated antibody variants that develop during T cell–dependent …

[PDF][PDF] The interplay between CD27dull and CD27bright B cells ensures the flexibility, stability, and resilience of human B cell memory

O Grimsholm, EP Mortari, AN Davydov, M Shugay… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Memory B cells (MBCs) epitomize the adaptation of the immune system to the environment.
We identify two MBC subsets in peripheral blood, CD27 dull and CD27 bright MBCs, whose …

Antibodies against Plasmodium falciparum malaria at the molecular level

JP Julien, H Wardemann - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2019 - nature.com
Malaria is a vector-borne disease of global importance, with the vast majority of its life-
threatening cases caused by infection with Plasmodium falciparum parasites. Repeated …

Immunity against sexual stage Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax parasites

RM de Jong, SK Tebeje… - Immunological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The efficient spread of malaria from infected humans to mosquitoes is a major challenge for
malaria elimination initiatives. Gametocytes are the only Plasmodium life stage infectious to …