Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

Mechanisms and targets of Fcγ-receptor mediated immunity to malaria sporozoites

  • Gaoqian Feng,
  • Bruce D. Wines,
  • Liriye Kurtovic,
  • Jo-Anne Chan,
  • Philippe Boeuf,
  • Vanessa Mollard,
  • Anton Cozijnsen,
  • Damien R. Drew,
  • Rob J. Center,
  • Daniel L. Marshall,
  • Sandra Chishimba,
  • Geoffrey I. McFadden,
  • Arlene E. Dent,
  • Kiprotich Chelimo,
  • Michelle J. Boyle,
  • James W. Kazura,
  • P. Mark Hogarth,
  • James G. Beeson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21998-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Antibodies plays critical roles in the adaptive immune response to infectious agents including malaria. Here the authors defined antibody interactions with -Fcγ-receptors expressed on immune cells with sporozoites of Plasmodium falciparum, and identified specific target epitopes of antibodies.