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PARASITE IMMUNOLOGY
卷 23, 期 2, 页码 103-108出版社
BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2001.00363.x
关键词
malaria; T-cell epitope; B-cell epitope; multiple antigen peptides; circumsporozoite protein; HLA
We have evaluated the immune responses of individuals living in a malaria endemic area of Brazil to the (T1B)(4), a multiple antigen peptide (MAP) from Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite (CS) protein and the related monoepitope MAPs, B-4 and (T1)(4), and the linear peptides, T1B and B. The highest antibody frequencies were against MAPs containing the B cell epitope sequence (T1B)(4) (42.2%) and B-4 (28.8%), while the highest lymphoproliferative response frequencies were against the MAPs containing the T cell epitope sequence (T1)(4) (47%) and (T1B)(4) (36.4%). We analysed individual responses considering lymphoproliferative response to (T1)(4) MAP and IgG antibody titre to (T1B)(4) as patterns of ideal cellular and humoral responses, respectively The frequency of responders, cellular and/or humoral was 66.6%, significantly higher than non responders (P = 0.003). We also determined the HLA class II haplotype of each individual bur no association between these and immune response patterns to the MAPs was observed. The results showed that individuals primed against P. falciparum in their natural habitat, present a very diverse array of responses against the same peptide antigens, varying from no response in one-third of the individuals to cognate B and T cell responses. Our study underlines the importance of previous studies of vaccine candidates to guarantee that the immunization will be capable of reverting inefficient or absent responses to malaria epitopes.
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