title: Regulatory issues in immunity to liver and blood-stage malaria.
abstract: T cells play a major role in control of both blood and liver stage of plasmodium infection. While immunization with certain attenuated whole-parasite vaccines that are attenuated at the liver stage of the infection induces protective T cell responses, even multiple exposures to natural infection in endemic areas do not lead to stable T cell memory or humoral immunity and sterilizing protection. One of the key differences between vaccination and natural exposure is the absence of blood stage during vaccination. Here we will discuss possible immunoregulatory strategies employed by blood stage of malaria leading to generation of severely compromised T cell and humoral immune responses and subsequent lack of sterilizing immunity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
authors.forename: Natalija
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Van Braeckel-Budimir
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
authors.forename: Samarchith P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Kurup
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA; Department of Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA; Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. Electronic address: john-harty@uiowa.edu.
authors.forename: John T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Harty
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001769:Blood / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D007109:Immunity; D007156:Immunologic Memory; D056747:Immunomodulation; D008018:Life Cycle Stages; D008099:Liver / Q000276:immunology* / Q000469:parasitology; D008288:Malaria / Q000276:immunology*; D017780:Malaria Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D010961:Plasmodium / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000469:parasitology; D014611:Vaccination
chemical_list: D017780:Malaria Vaccines