T cell-mediated immunity to malaria

SP Kurup, NS Butler, JT Harty - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2019 - nature.com
Immunity to malaria has been linked to the availability and function of helper CD4+ T cells,
cytotoxic CD8+ T cells and γδ T cells that can respond to both the asymptomatic liver stage …

The impact of Plasmodium-driven immunoregulatory networks on immunity to malaria

MJ Boyle, CR Engwerda, P Jagannathan - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Malaria, caused by infection with Plasmodium parasites, drives multiple regulatory
responses across the immune landscape. These regulatory responses help to protect …

Malaria parasite DNA-harbouring vesicles activate cytosolic immune sensors

X Sisquella, Y Ofir-Birin, MA Pimentel, L Cheng… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
STING is an innate immune cytosolic adaptor for DNA sensors that engage malaria parasite
(Plasmodium falciparum) or other pathogen DNA. As P. falciparum infects red blood cells …

IL-10-producing Th1 cells possess a distinct molecular signature in malaria

CL Edwards, SS Ng, F de Labastida Rivera… - The Journal of clinical …, 2023 - jci.org
Control of intracellular parasites responsible for malaria requires host IFN-γ+ T-bet+ CD4+ T
cells (Th1 cells) with IL-10 produced by Th1 cells to mitigate the pathology induced by this …

Interferon lambda: modulating immunity in infectious diseases

M Syedbasha, A Egli - Frontiers in immunology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Interferon lambdas (IFN-λs; IFNL1-4) modulate immunity in the context of infections and
autoimmune diseases, through a network of induced genes. IFN-λs act by binding to the …

Infection-induced plasmablasts are a nutrient sink that impairs humoral immunity to malaria

R Vijay, JJ Guthmiller, AJ Sturtz, FA Surette… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Plasmodium parasite–specific antibodies are critical for protection against malaria, yet the
development of long-lived and effective humoral immunity against Plasmodium takes many …

The role of IL-10 in malaria: a double edged sword

R Kumar, S Ng, C Engwerda - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
IL-10 produced by CD4+ T cells suppresses inflammation by inhibiting T cell functions and
the upstream activities of antigen presenting cells (APCs). IL-10 was first identified in Th2 …

Controlled human malaria infection: applications, advances, and challenges

DI Stanisic, JS McCarthy, MF Good - Infection and immunity, 2018 - journals.asm.org
Controlled human malaria infection (CHMI) entails deliberate infection with malaria
parasites either by mosquito bite or by direct injection of sporozoites or parasitized …

Cytolytic circumsporozoite-specific memory CD4+ T cell clones are expanded during Plasmodium falciparum infection

R Furtado, M Paul, J Zhang, J Sung, P Karell… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Clinical immunity against Plasmodium falciparum infection develops in residents of malaria
endemic regions, manifesting in reduced clinical symptoms during infection and in …

Current status of experimental models for the study of malaria

NV Simwela, AP Waters - Parasitology, 2022 - cambridge.org
Infection by malaria parasites (Plasmodium spp.) remains one of the leading causes of
morbidity and mortality, especially in tropical regions of the world. Despite the availability of …