Anticorpos ampliamente inhibidores de las proteínas de virulencia severa de la malaria

Raphael A Reyes1, Sai Sundar Rajan Raghavan2,3, Nicholas K Hurlburt4

  • 1Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, Long School of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.

Nature
|November 20, 2024
PubMed
Resumen

Dos nuevos anticuerpos humanos inhiben ampliamente la unión de la proteína 1 de la membrana de los eritrocitos de Plasmodium falciparum (PfEMP1) al EPCR, un factor clave en la malaria grave. Estos hallazgos ofrecen ideas para desarrollar nuevas vacunas y tratamientos contra la malaria.

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