| Literature DB >> 2453924 |
A Crisanti1, H M Müller, C Hilbich, F Sinigaglia, H Matile, M McKay, J Scaife, K Beyreuther, H Bujard.
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In a study aimed at developing a vaccine against the asexual blood stages of Plasmodium falciparum, two T cell epitopes were identified within a nonpolymorphic region of gp190 of Plasmodium falciparum merozoites. The two epitopes, which were revealed by deletion analysis, stimulated human T cell clones. Peptides containing sequences of the epitopes stimulated the cloned T cells and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from malaria-infected individuals. Moreover, the T cell clones responded to 11 different Plasmodium falciparum isolates in culture, showing that the epitopes are recognized in native parasites.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 2453924 DOI: 10.1126/science.2453924
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728