Naturally Acquired Humoral Immunity Against Plasmodium falciparum Malaria

SJ Gonzales, RA Reyes, AE Braddom… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Malaria remains a significant contributor to the global burden of disease, with around 40% of
the world's population at risk of Plasmodium infections. The development of an effective …

Surface antigens of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes as immune targets and malaria vaccine candidates

JA Chan, FJI Fowkes, JG Beeson - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2014 - Springer
Understanding the targets and mechanisms of human immunity to malaria caused by
Plasmodium falciparum is crucial for advancing effective vaccines and develo** tools for …

A subset of group A-like var genes encodes the malaria parasite ligands for binding to human brain endothelial cells

A Claessens, Y Adams, A Ghumra… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Cerebral malaria is the most deadly manifestation of infection with Plasmodium falciparum.
The pathology of cerebral malaria is characterized by the accumulation of infected …

Sticking for a cause: the falciparum malaria parasites cytoadherence paradigm

WC Lee, B Russell, L Rénia - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
After a successful invasion, malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum extensively remodels
the infected erythrocyte cellular architecture, conferring cytoadhesive properties to the …

The immunological balance between host and parasite in malaria

K Deroost, TT Pham, G Opdenakker… - FEMS microbiology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Coevolution of humans and malaria parasites has generated an intricate balance between
the immune system of the host and virulence factors of the parasite, equilibrating maximal …

Pathogenicity and virulence of malaria: Sticky problems and tricky solutions

IS Walker, SJ Rogerson - Virulence, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Infections with Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax cause over 600,000 deaths
each year, concentrated in Africa and in young children, but much of the world's population …

Functional antibodies and protection against blood-stage malaria

A Teo, G Feng, GV Brown, JG Beeson… - Trends in …, 2016 - cell.com
Numerous efforts to understand the functional roles of antibodies demonstrated that they can
protect against malaria. However, it is unclear which antibody responses are the best …

Progress and prospects for blood-stage malaria vaccines

K Miura - Expert review of vaccines, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
There have been significant decreases in malaria mortality and morbidity in the last 10-15
years, and the most advanced pre-erythrocytic malaria vaccine, RTS, S, received a positive …

Acquisition of Fc-afucosylation of PfEMP1-specific IgG is age-dependent and associated with clinical protection against malaria

M Lopez-Perez, Z Seidu, MD Larsen, W Wang… - Nature …, 2025 - nature.com
Protective immunity to malaria depends on acquisition of parasite-specific antibodies, with
Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) being one of the most …

Induction of strain-transcending antibodies against Group A PfEMP1 surface antigens from virulent malaria parasites

A Ghumra, JP Semblat, R Ataide, C Kifude… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Sequence diversity in pathogen antigens is an obstacle to the development of interventions
against many infectious diseases. In malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum, the PfEMP1 …