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ArticleJournal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)2011

Cutting edge: attrition of Plasmodium-specific memory CD8 T cells results in decreased protection that is rescued by booster immunization.

Nathan W Schmidt, John T Harty

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Article in Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nathan W SchmidtDepartment of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
John T Harty
University of Iowa · US

Funding

Memory CD8 T cell immunity to Plasmodium liver stage infecR01AI085515 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI HARTY, JOHN T · 2010 to 2020
$4.1M
Defining optimal adaptive immunity for resistance to Plasmodium sporozoitesF32AI084329 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI SCHMIDT, NATHAN W · 2009 to 2009
$52k
NIAID NIH HHS 1-F32-AI084329NIAID NIH HHS AI085515NIAID NIH HHS F32 AI084329NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI085515
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sterile protection against infection with Plasmodium sporozoites requires high numbers of memory CD8 T cells. However, infections with unrelated pathogens, as may occur in areas endemic to malaria, can dramatically decrease pre-existing memory CD8 T cells. It remains unknown whether unrelated infections will compromise numbers of Plasmodium-specific memory CD8 T cells and thus limit the duration of antimalarial immunity generated by subunit vaccination. We show that P. berghei circumsporozoite-specific memory CD8 T cells underwent significant attrition in numbers in mice subjected to unrelated infections. Attrition was associated with preferential loss of effector memory CD8 T cells and reduced immunity to P. berghei sporozoite challenge. However, and of relevance to deployment of Plasmodium vaccines in areas endemic to malaria, attrition of memory CD8 T cells was reversed by booster immunization, which restored protection. These data suggest that regular booster immunizations may be required to sustain protective vaccine-induced Plasmodium-specific memory CD8 T cells in the face of attrition caused by unrelated infections.

Indexed as

Immunization, SecondaryImmunologic MemoryLymphocyte DepletionAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCoronavirus InfectionsDendritic CellsImmunity, InnateListeriosisLymphocytic ChoriomeningitisMalariaMalaria VaccinesMiceMice, Inbred BALB CPlasmodium bergheiProtozoan Proteinscircumsporozoite protein, ProtozoanMalaria VaccinesProtozoan Proteins

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PMID21357257
PMCPMC3074438
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