Immune effector mechanisms in malaria

K Marsh, S Kinyanjui - Parasite immunology, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
That humans in endemic areas become immune to malaria offers encouragement to the
idea of developing protective vaccines. However natural immunity is relatively inefficient …

Monocytes and macrophages in malaria: protection or pathology?

CLL Chua, G Brown, JA Hamilton, S Rogerson… - Trends in …, 2013 - cell.com
Recruitment and activation of monocytes and macrophages are essential for clearance of
malaria infection, but these have also been associated with adverse clinical outcomes. In …

A robust, high-throughput assay to determine the phagocytic activity of clinical antibody samples

ME Ackerman, B Moldt, RT Wyatt, AS Dugast… - Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Phagocytosis can be induced via the engagement of Fcγ receptors by antibody-opsonized
material. Furthermore, the efficiency of antibody-induced effector functions has been shown …

Opsonising Antibodies to P. falciparum Merozoites Associated with Immunity to Clinical Malaria

DL Hill, EM Eriksson, CSN Li Wai Suen, CY Chiu… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Naturally acquired humoral immunity to the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum can
protect against disease, although the precise mechanisms remain unclear. Although …

Common and divergent immune response signaling pathways discovered in peripheral blood mononuclear cell gene expression patterns in presymptomatic and …

CF Ockenhouse, W Hu, KE Kester… - Infection and …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
Using genome-wide expression profiles from persons either experimentally challenged with
malaria-infected mosquitoes or naturally infected with Plasmodium falciparum malaria, we …

Innate immunity to malaria—the role of monocytes

KR Dobbs, JN Crabtree, AE Dent - Immunological reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Monocytes are innate immune cells essential for host protection against malaria. Upon
activation, monocytes function to help reduce parasite burden through phagocytosis …

HLA class I antibodies trigger increased adherence of monocytes to endothelial cells by eliciting an increase in endothelial P-selectin and, depending on subclass, by …

NM Valenzuela, A Mulder, EF Reed - The Journal of Immunology, 2013 - journals.aai.org
Ab-mediated rejection (AMR) of solid organ transplants is characterized by intragraft
macrophages. It is incompletely understood how donor-specific Ab binding to graft …

Pattern of humoral immune response to Plasmodium falciparum blood stages in individuals presenting different clinical expressions of malaria

FMS Leoratti, RR Durlacher, MVG Lacerda, MG Alecrim… - Malaria journal, 2008 - Springer
Background The development of protective immunity against malaria is slow and to be
maintained, it requires exposure to multiple antigenic variants of malaria parasites and age …

Monocyte function in Parkinson's disease and the impact of autologous serum on phagocytosis

RS Wijeyekoon, D Kronenberg-Versteeg… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Background: Increasing evidence implicates involvement of the innate immune system in the
initiation and progression of Parkinson's disease (PD). Monocytes and monocyte-derived …

Blood-stage malaria vaccines—recent progress and future challenges

AL Goodman, SJ Draper - Annals of Tropical Medicine & …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Plasmodium falciparum malaria is a major global health problem, responsible for up to 1
million deaths each year. Major efforts have been made to develop an effective vaccine …