The case for PfEMP1-based vaccines to protect pregnant women againstPlasmodium falciparummalaria

Spontaneous Postpartum Clearance of Plasmodium falciparum Parasitemia in Pregnant Women, Benin

(2011) Julie Bottero et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Influence of the Timing of Malaria Infection during Pregnancy on Birth Weight and on Maternal Anemia in Benin

(2011) Bich-Tram Huynh et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Development of vaccines to prevent malaria in pregnant women: WHO MALVAC meeting report

(2011) Clara Menéndez et al.   Expert Review of Vaccines

The Chondroitin Sulfate A-binding Site of the VAR2CSA Protein Involves Multiple N-terminal Domains

(2011) Madeleine Dahlbäck et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Transcription of var Genes Other Than var2csa in Plasmodium falciparum Parasites Infecting Mozambican Pregnant Women

(2011) Eduard Rovira-Vallbona et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The NTS-DBL2X Region of VAR2CSA Induces Cross-Reactive Antibodies That Inhibit Adhesion of Several Plasmodium falciparum Isolates to Chondroitin Sulfate A

(2011) Pascal Bigey et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Positive Selection of Plasmodium falciparum Parasites With Multiple var2csa-Type PfEMP1 Genes During the Course of Infection in Pregnant Women

(2011) Adam F. Sander et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Antibodies to a Full-Length VAR2CSA Immunogen Are Broadly Strain-Transcendent but Do Not Cross-Inhibit Different Placental-Type Parasite Isolates

(2011) Marion Avril et al.   PLoS One

Var2CSA Minimal CSA Binding Region Is Located within the N-Terminal Region

(2011) Anand Srivastava et al.   PLoS One

Evasion of immunity to Plasmodium falciparum malaria by IgM masking of protective IgG epitopes in infected erythrocyte surface-exposed PfEMP1

(2011) L. Barfod et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evaluation of the Antigenic Diversity of Placenta-Binding Plasmodium falciparum Variants and the Antibody Repertoire among Pregnant Women

(2010) M. Hommel et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Immunization with VAR2CSA-DBL5 Recombinant Protein Elicits Broadly Cross-Reactive Antibodies to Placental Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Erythrocytes

(2010) M. Avril et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Subdomain 3 ofPlasmodium falciparumVAR2CSA DBL3x Is Identified as a Minimal Chondroitin Sulfate A-binding Region

(2010) Kavita Singh et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Chondroitin Sulfate A-Adhering Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Erythrocytes Express Functionally Important Antibody Epitopes Shared by Multiple Variants

(2010) L. Barfod et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Full-Length Recombinant Plasmodium falciparum VAR2CSA Binds Specifically to CSPG and Induces Potent Parasite Adhesion-Blocking Antibodies

(2010) Pongsak Khunrae et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Using an Improved Phagocytosis Assay to Evaluate the Effect of HIV on Specific Antibodies to Pregnancy-Associated Malaria

(2010) Ricardo Ataíde et al.   PLoS One

Strain-Transcendent Immune Response to Recombinant Var2CSA DBL5-ε Domain Block P. falciparum Adhesion to Placenta-Derived BeWo Cells under Flow Conditions

(2010) Pablo Fernandez et al.   PLoS One

Insight into Antigenic Diversity of VAR2CSA-DBL5ε Domain from Multiple Plasmodium falciparum Placental Isolates

(2010) Sédami Gnidehou et al.   PLoS One

Full-length extracellular region of the var2CSA variant of PfEMP1 is required for specific, high-affinity binding to CSA

(2010) A. Srivastava et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

High efficacy of anti DBL4ɛ-VAR2CSA antibodies in inhibition of CSA-binding Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes from pregnant women

(2010) Pamela A. Magistrado et al.   VACCINE

Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane Protein 1 Diversity in Seven Genomes – Divide and Conquer

(2010) Thomas S. Rask et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Quantifying the Number of Pregnancies at Risk of Malaria in 2007: A Demographic Study

(2010) Stephanie Dellicour et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Découverte fortuite de paludisme à Plasmodium falciparum au cours de la grossesse : à propos de deux cas

(2009) I. Poilane et al.   GYNECOLOGIE OBSTETRIQUE & FERTILITE

Induction of Adhesion-Inhibitory Antibodies against Placental Plasmodium falciparum Parasites by Using Single Domains of VAR2CSA

(2009) M. A. Nielsen et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Chondroitin sulphate A (CSA)-binding of single recombinant Duffy-binding-like domains is not restricted to Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane Protein 1 expressed by CSA-binding parasites

(2009) Mafalda Resende et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

The Effect of Intermittent Preventive Treatment during Pregnancy on Malarial Antibodies Depends on HIV Status and Is Not Associated with Poor Delivery Outcomes

(2009) Elisa Serra‐Casas et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Human monoclonal IgG selection ofPlasmodium falciparumfor the expression of placental malaria-specific variant surface antigens

(2009) J. SOERLI et al.   PARASITE IMMUNOLOGY

Multiple var2csa-Type PfEMP1 Genes Located at Different Chromosomal Loci Occur in Many Plasmodium falciparum Isolates

(2009) Adam F. Sander et al.   PLoS One

Simultaneous transcription of duplicated var2csa gene copies in individual Plasmodium falciparum parasites

(2009) Kim JM Brolin et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in an Area Where Multidrug‐ResistantPlasmodium vivaxandPlasmodium falciparumInfections Are Endemic

(2008) Jeanne Rini Poespoprodjo et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The Structure of a Chondroitin Sulfate-binding Domain Important in Placental Malaria

(2008) Matthew K. Higgins   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

VAR2CSA Expression on the Surface of Placenta‐DerivedPlasmodium falciparum–Infected Erythrocytes

(2008) Pamela Magistrado et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Structure of the DBL3x domain of pregnancy-associated malaria protein VAR2CSA complexed with chondroitin sulfate A

(2008) Kavita Singh et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Plasmodium falciparum Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Pregnancy Malaria Associated Gene Expression

(2008) Nicaise Tuikue Ndam et al.   PLoS One

Structural Insight into Epitopes in the Pregnancy-Associated Malaria Protein VAR2CSA

(2008) Pernille Andersen et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Plasmodium knowlesi Malaria in Humans Is Widely Distributed and Potentially Life Threatening

(2007) J. Cox-Singh et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES