title: Antigens for pre-erythrocytic malaria vaccines: building on success.
abstract: Immunization with attenuated pre-erythrocytic malaria parasites can confer sterile protection against malaria in humans and rodents, and a single pre-erythrocytic antigen incorporated in a subunit vaccine has substantially reduced clinical Plasmodium falciparum malaria episodes in African infants during phase 2 trials. Building upon this success has been hindered by technical obstacles that limit research on pre-erythrocytic parasites, especially the liver stage (LS) parasites, and by an incomplete understanding of the immune mechanisms that confer protection in humans. Recent improvements in growing and isolating LS parasites have allowed progress in defining the transcriptome and proteome of the LS parasite, although more work remains to be done particularly for the early LS parasite of P. falciparum. Next generation pre-erythrocytic antigens can be assessed and prioritized based on immunization studies in animals, and on models of immunity such as attenuated parasite vaccines that confer sterile protection or naturally acquired LS-specific immune responses that correlate with protection in endemic areas. Although mechanisms of protection in humans remain poorly understood, the availability of a human malaria challenge model for early clinical testing of candidate vaccines is a valuable tool to confirm which immunogens should move forward to larger field trials.
authors.affiliation: Malaria Program, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Speake
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Duffy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000276:immunology*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D017780:Malaria Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000276:immunology*; D012377:Rodentia
chemical_list: D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D017780:Malaria Vaccines
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