Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25114213›Full record

ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2014

Vectored antibody gene delivery protects against Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite challenge in mice.

Cailin Deal, Alejandro B Balazs, Diego A Espinosa, Fidel Zavala, David Baltimore, Gary Ketner

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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48citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Cailin DealW. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205;
Alejandro B BalazsRagon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139; and.
Diego A EspinosaW. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205;
Fidel ZavalaW. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205;
David BaltimoreDivision of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125.
Gary KetnerW. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205; gketner@jhsph.edu.
Johns Hopkins University · USCalifornia Institute of Technology · USRagon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard · US

Funding

Training: Molecular & Cellular Bases of Infectious DiseasesT32AI007417 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Arturo Casadevall · 1994 to 2026
$11.9M
EFFECTOR AND MEMORY ANTIMALARIA CD8+ CELL RESPONSESR01AI044375 · NIAID · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI ZAVALA, FIDEL P · 1999 to 2013
$6.5M
Development of Vectored ImmunoProphylaxis as a strategy against HIVK22AI102769 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BALAZS, ALEJANDRO BENJAMIN · 2014 to 2015
$264k
NIAID NIH HHS 1K22AI102769NIAID NIH HHS K22 AI102769NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI044375NIAID NIH HHS R01AI044375NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007417PHS HHS HHSN266200500035C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum kills nearly one million children each year and imposes crippling economic burdens on families and nations worldwide. No licensed vaccine exists, but infection can be prevented by antibodies against the circumsporozoite protein (CSP), the major surface protein of sporozoites, the form of the parasite injected by mosquitoes. We have used vectored immunoprophylaxis (VIP), an adeno-associated virus-based technology, to introduce preformed antibody genes encoding anti-P. falciparum CSP mAb into mice. VIP vector-transduced mice exhibited long-lived mAb expression at up to 1,200 µg/mL in serum, and up to 70% were protected from both i.v. and mosquito bite challenge with transgenic Plasmodium berghei rodent sporozoites that incorporate the P. falciparum target of the mAb in their CSP. Serum antibody levels and protection from mosquito bite challenge were dependent on the dose of the VIP vector. All individual mice expressing CSP-specific mAb 2A10 at 1 mg/mL or more were completely protected, suggesting that in this model system, exceeding that threshold results in consistent sterile protection. Our results demonstrate the potential of VIP as a path toward the elusive goal of immunization against malaria.

Indexed as

Gene Transfer TechniquesAnimalsAntibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-DerivedAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ProtozoanDependovirusDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGenetic VectorsHumansMalaria, FalciparumMalaria VaccinesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPlasmodium bergheiPlasmodium falciparumAntibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-DerivedAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ProtozoanMalaria VaccinesAAVvectored gene delivery

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PMID25114213
PMCPMC4151717
OpenAlexW2133294119

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