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ArticleInfection and immunity2018

Characterization of Plasmodium berghei Pbg37 as Both a Pre- and Postfertilization Antigen with Transmission-Blocking Potential.

Fei Liu, Li Li, Wenqi Zheng, Yiwen He, Yaru Wang, Xiaotong Zhu, Takafumi Tsuboi, Liwang Cui, Meilian Wang, Yaming Cao

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Fei LiuDepartment of Immunology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
Li LiDepartment of Immunology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
Wenqi ZhengLaboratory of Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, China.
Yiwen HeDepartment of Immunology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
Yaru WangDepartment of Immunology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
Xiaotong ZhuDepartment of Immunology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
Takafumi TsuboiDivision of Malaria Research, Proteo-Science Center, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan.
Liwang CuiDepartment of Immunology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8338-1974
Meilian WangDepartment of Immunology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China Wangmeilian_m@hotmail.com ymcao@mail.cmu.edu.cn.
Yaming CaoDepartment of Immunology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China Wangmeilian_m@hotmail.com ymcao@mail.cmu.edu.cn.
China Medical University · CNEhime University · JPInner Mongolia Medical University · CNPennsylvania State University · US

Funding

Puf-Mediated Translation Control in PlasmodiumR01AI104946 · NIAID · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI CUI, LIWANG · 2014 to 2017
$1.5M
Transmission blocking vaccine study in Plasmodium vivaxR01AI099611 · NIAID · CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY · PI CAO, YAMING · 2012 to 2016
$648k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI099611NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI104946
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transmission-blocking vaccines (TBVs) interrupting malaria transmission are an integrated tool for malaria eradication. We characterized a sexual-stage-specific gene (PBANKA_060330) from

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AnimalsAntibodies, ProtozoanAntibody FormationBlotting, WesternDisease Models, AnimalDisease Transmission, InfectiousFemaleFluorescent Antibody Technique, IndirectGene DeletionGene Expression ProfilingMalariaMalaria VaccinesMaleMembrane ProteinsMice, Inbred BALB CMosquito VectorsAntibodies, ProtozoanMalaria VaccinesMembrane ProteinsProtozoan ProteinsVaccines, SyntheticgametegametocyteookinetePlasmodium bergheipostfertilizationprefertilizationtransmission-blocking vaccine

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PMID29866905
PMCPMC6056874
OpenAlexW2806984793

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