| Literature DB >> 35881378 |
Meseret Workineh Kassa1, Wina Hasang1, Stephen John Rogerson2.
Abstract
Antibodies that recognize variant surface antigens (VSAs) expressed on Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes (IEs) opsonize IEs for phagocytic clearance. The anti-VSA antibodies promote antibody-dependent cellular phagocytosis (ADCP) of IEs by interacting with innate immune cells. ADCP is an important immune effector mechanism of parasite clearance. ADCP can be a tool to assess the efficacy of vaccine-induced antibodies, in addition to measuring the neutralizing ability of antibodies. Here, we developed and validated an efficient and high-throughput plate-based flow cytometric assay to measure ADCP of IEs using the human monocytic THP-1 cell line. This flow cytometric assay can be used to analyze the level of naturally acquired or vaccine-induced opsonic antibodies in large cohorts.Entities:
Keywords: Antibodies; Infected erythrocytes; Malaria; Phagocytosis; THP-1 cells; Variant surface antigens
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Year: 2022 PMID: 35881378 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2189-9_46
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Methods Mol Biol ISSN: 1064-3745