Differential induction of functional IgG using the Plasmodium falciparum placental malaria vaccine candidate VAR2CSA

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Pinto, Vera V ^a,b   Ditlev, Sisse B ^a,b   Jensen, Kamilla E ^a,b   Resende, Mafalda ^a,b   Dahlbäck, Madeleine ^a,b   Andersen, Gorm ^a,b   Andersen, Pernille ^a,b   Theander, Thor G ^a,b   Salanti, Ali ^a,b   Nielsen, Morten A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALARIA VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VAR2CSA VACCINE; EPITOPE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VAR2CSA PROTEIN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MALARIA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTAL MALARIA; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RABBIT; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITOLOGY; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

MUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALARIA VACCINES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICE; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RABBITS; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79953051048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017942     Document Type: Article

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