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ReviewMolecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy2022

Monoclonal antibodies for malaria prevention.

Maya Aleshnick, Melina Florez-Cuadros, Thomas Martinson, Brandon K Wilder

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Review in Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Maya AleshnickVaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR, USA.
Melina Florez-CuadrosVysnova Partners Inc, Lima, Peru.
Thomas MartinsonVaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR, USA.
Brandon K WilderVaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR, USA; Department of Parasitology, US Naval Medical Research 6 (NAMRU-6), Lima, Peru. Electronic address: wilderb@ohsu.edu.
Oregon Health & Science University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Monoclonal antibodies are highly specific proteins that are cloned from a single B cell and bind to a single epitope on a pathogen. These laboratory-made molecules can serve as prophylactics or therapeutics for infectious diseases and have an impressive capacity to modulate the progression of disease, as demonstrated for the first time on a large scale during the COVID-19 pandemic. The high specificity and natural starting point of monoclonal antibodies afford an encouraging safety profile, yet the high cost of production remains a major limitation to their widespread use. While a monoclonal antibody approach to abrogating malaria infection is not yet available, the unique life cycle of the malaria parasite affords many opportunities for such proteins to act, and preliminary research into the efficacy of monoclonal antibodies in preventing malaria infection, disease, and transmission is encouraging. This review examines the current status and future outlook for monoclonal antibodies against malaria in the context of the complex life cycle and varied antigenic targets expressed in the human and mosquito hosts, and provides insight into the strengths and limitations of this approach to curtailing one of humanity's oldest and deadliest diseases.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalCOVID-19MalariaAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, ProtozoanEpitopesHumansPandemicsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, ProtozoanAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalEpitopes

Identifiers

PMID35395399
PMCPMC8979832
OpenAlexW4223596424

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