TY - JOUR
T1 - High efficacy of anti DBL4e-VAR2CSA antibodies in inhibition of CSA-binding Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes from pregnant women
AU - Magistrado, Pamela A
AU - Minja, Daniel
AU - Doritchamou, Justin
AU - Ndam, Nicaise Tuikue
AU - John, Davis
AU - Schmiegelow, Christentze
AU - Massougbodji, Achille
AU - Dahlbäck, Madeleine
AU - Ditlev, Sisse B
AU - Pinto, Vera V
AU - Resende, Mafalda
AU - Lusingu, John
AU - Theander, Thor G
AU - Salanti, Ali
AU - Nielsen, Morten A
N1 - Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2011/1/10
Y1 - 2011/1/10
N2 - Malaria during pregnancy is a major cause of intra-uterine growth-retardation and infant death in sub-Saharan Africa. Ideally, this could be prevented by a vaccine delivered before the first pregnancy. Antibodies against domain DBL4e{open} from VAR2CSA has been shown to inhibit adhesion of laboratory isolates to the placental receptor chondroitin sulfate A. In this study, the binding inhibitory efficacy of IgG elicited by two different DBL4e{open} recombinant proteins was tested on a panel of fresh clinical isolates from pregnant women living in Benin and Tanzania. The most promising recombinant protein elicited antibodies with similar efficacy as pooled plasma from immune multi-gravid African women.
AB - Malaria during pregnancy is a major cause of intra-uterine growth-retardation and infant death in sub-Saharan Africa. Ideally, this could be prevented by a vaccine delivered before the first pregnancy. Antibodies against domain DBL4e{open} from VAR2CSA has been shown to inhibit adhesion of laboratory isolates to the placental receptor chondroitin sulfate A. In this study, the binding inhibitory efficacy of IgG elicited by two different DBL4e{open} recombinant proteins was tested on a panel of fresh clinical isolates from pregnant women living in Benin and Tanzania. The most promising recombinant protein elicited antibodies with similar efficacy as pooled plasma from immune multi-gravid African women.
U2 - 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.10.080
DO - 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.10.080
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 21075162
SN - 0264-410X
VL - 29
SP - 437
EP - 443
JO - Vaccine
JF - Vaccine
IS - 3
ER -