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ReviewNature reviews. Immunology2019

Antibodies against Plasmodium falciparum malaria at the molecular level.

Jean-Philippe Julien, Hedda Wardemann

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Review in Nature reviews. Immunology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

64 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Jean-Philippe JulienProgram in Molecular Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada. jean-philippe.julien@sickkids.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7602-3995
Hedda WardemannGerman Cancer Research Centre, B Cell Immunology, Heidelberg, Germany. h.wardemann@dkfz.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3921-5933

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malaria is a vector-borne disease of global importance, with the vast majority of its life-threatening cases caused by infection with Plasmodium falciparum parasites. Repeated exposure to P. falciparum leads to naturally occurring immunity, but this is not sterilizing and is relatively short-lived. However, antibodies can protect from the disease, as has been shown by serum transfer studies in humans and in animal models. Recent advances in single-cell antibody cloning technologies have enabled the characterization of recombinant monoclonal antibodies against parasite antigens at the molecular level. This work has significantly advanced our understanding of how protective antibodies against P. falciparum are generated, what their molecular features are, their epitope specificity and binding modes, and the formation of memory B cell responses. Here we review these recent advances, with a particular emphasis on human antibody responses. We discuss how these discoveries have laid the foundation for the development of novel intervention strategies, as well as having conceptual implications beyond the malaria field.

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Adaptive ImmunityAnimalsAntibodies, ProtozoanErythrocytesHumansImmunity, HumoralPlasmodium falciparumAntibodies, Protozoan

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