Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Structural and biophysical correlation of anti-NANP antibodies with in vivo protection against P. falciparum

  • Tossapol Pholcharee,
  • David Oyen,
  • Yevel Flores-Garcia,
  • Gonzalo Gonzalez-Paez,
  • Zhen Han,
  • Katherine L. Williams,
  • Wayne Volkmuth,
  • Daniel Emerling,
  • Emily Locke,
  • C. Richter King,
  • Fidel Zavala,
  • Ian A. Wilson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21221-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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The most advanced P. falciparum circumsporozoite protein (PfCSP)-based malaria vaccine confers partial protection. Here, Pholcharee et al. present crystal structures, binding affinities/kinetics, and in vivo protection of 8 anti-NANP antibodies to understand in vivo protection of PfCSP-targeting antibodies.