Purified malaria pigment (hemozoin) enhances dendritic cell maturation and modulates the isotype of antibodies induced by a DNA vaccine
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
7-2-2002
Journal
Infection and Immunity
Volume
70
Issue
7
DOI
10.1128/IAI.70.7.3939-3943.2002
Abstract
Hemozoin (malaria pigment) has been implicated in the modulation of immune responses during malaria infection. This study was designed to evaluate the effect of purified hemozoin on the in vitro activation of myeloid dendritic cells. Our study also revealed that in addition to enhancing the maturation of dendritic cells, hemozoin also greatly promotes immunoglobulin G2a antibody responses when coadministered with a DNA vaccine plasmid encoding Pfs25, a Plasmodium falciparum transmission-blocking antigen.
APA Citation
Coban, C., Ishii, K., Sullivan, D., & Kumar, N. (2002). Purified malaria pigment (hemozoin) enhances dendritic cell maturation and modulates the isotype of antibodies induced by a DNA vaccine. Infection and Immunity, 70 (7). http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/IAI.70.7.3939-3943.2002