Magdalena Plebanski

Investigation of a novel approach to scoring Giemsa-stained malaria-infected thin blood films (2008)

Proudfoot, Owen, Drew, Nathan, Scholzen, Anja, Xiang, Sue, Plebanski, Magdalena

Abstract Daily assessment of the percentage of erythrocytes that are infected ('percent-parasitaemia') across a time-course is a necessary step in many experimental studies of malaria, but represents...

Pilot phase III immunotherapy study in early-stage breast cancer patients using oxidized mannan-MUC1 [ISRCTN71711835] (2006)

Apostolopoulos, Vasso, Pietersz, Geoffrey A, Tsibanis, Anastasios, Tsikkinis, Annivas, Drakaki, Heleni, Loveland, Bruce E, ...

Abstract Introduction Mucin 1 (MUC1) is a high molecular weight glycoprotein overexpressed on adenocarcinoma cells and is a target for immunotherapy protocols. To date, clinical trials against MUC1...

Economic and practical challenges to the formulation of vaccines against endemic infectious diseases such as malaria (2006)

Plebanski, Magdalena, Lopez, Ester, Proudfoot, Owen, Cook, Brian M., Von Itzstein, Mark, Coppel, Ross L.

Herein, we analyze in general the current vaccine market and identify potential factors driving and modulating supply and demand for vaccines. An emphasis is placed on changes in regulation in the...

Direct processing and presentation of antigen from malaria sporozoites by professional antigen-presenting cells in the induction of CD8+ T-cell responses (2005)

Magdalena Plebanski, Carolyn M Hannan, Shahriar Behboudi, Katie L Flanagan, Vasso Apostolopoulos

Irradiated malaria sporozoites induce better protection than viable untreated sporozoites. We observed early differences between irradiated and viable untreated sporozoites in priming responses in...

Induction of T Helper Type 1 and 2 Responses to 19-Kilodalton Merozoite Surface Protein 1 in Vaccinated Healthy Volunteers and Adults Naturally Exposed to Malaria

Lee, Edwin A. M., Palmer, Dupeh R., Flanagan, Katie L., Reece, William H. H., Odhiambo, Kennedy, Marsh, Kevin, ...

Plasmodium falciparum malaria is a major cause of death in the tropics. The 19-kDa subunit of P. falciparum merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP-119), a major blood stage vaccine candidate, is the target...

A glycopeptide in complex with MHC class I uses the GalNAc residue as an anchor

Apostolopoulos, Vasso, Yuriev, Elizabeth, Ramsland, Paul A., Halton, Jodie, Osinski, Carla, Li, Wenjun, ...

Peptides bind MHC class I molecules by anchoring hydrophobic side chains into pockets in the peptide binding groove. Here, we report an immunogenic (in vitro and in vivo) MUC1 glycopeptide...

Dendritic Cells Induce Immunity and Long-Lasting Protection against Blood-Stage Malaria despite an In Vitro Parasite-Induced Maturation Defect

Pouniotis, Dodie S., Proudfoot, Owen, Bogdanoska, Violeta, Apostolopoulos, Vasso, Fifis, Theodora, Plebanski, Magdalena

Dendritic cells (DC) suffer a maturation defect following interaction with erythrocytes infected with malaria parasites and become unable to induce protective malaria liver-stage immunity. Here we...

Induction of T Helper Type 1 and 2 Responses to 19-Kilodalton Merozoite Surface Protein 1 in Vaccinated Healthy Volunteers and Adults Naturally Exposed to Malaria

Lee, Edwin A. M., Palmer, Dupeh R., Flanagan, Katie L., Reece, William H. H., Odhiambo, Kennedy, Marsh, Kevin, ...

Plasmodium falciparum malaria is a major cause of death in the tropics. The 19-kDa subunit of P. falciparum merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP-119), a major blood stage vaccine candidate, is the target...

A glycopeptide in complex with MHC class I uses the GalNAc residue as an anchor

Apostolopoulos, Vasso, Yuriev, Elizabeth, Ramsland, Paul A., Halton, Jodie, Osinski, Carla, Li, Wenjun, ...

Peptides bind MHC class I molecules by anchoring hydrophobic side chains into pockets in the peptide binding groove. Here, we report an immunogenic (in vitro and in vivo) MUC1 glycopeptide...

Dendritic Cells Induce Immunity and Long-Lasting Protection against Blood-Stage Malaria despite an In Vitro Parasite-Induced Maturation Defect

Pouniotis, Dodie S., Proudfoot, Owen, Bogdanoska, Violeta, Apostolopoulos, Vasso, Fifis, Theodora, Plebanski, Magdalena

Dendritic cells (DC) suffer a maturation defect following interaction with erythrocytes infected with malaria parasites and become unable to induce protective malaria liver-stage immunity. Here we...

Mannan-mediated gene delivery for cancer immunotherapy

Tang, Choon K, Lodding, Jodie, Minigo, Gabriela, Pouniotis, Dodie S, Plebanski, Magdalena, Scholzen, Anja, ...

Recent years have seen a resurgence in interest in the development of efficient non-viral delivery systems for DNA vaccines and gene therapy. We have previously used oxidized and reduced mannan as...

Investigation of a novel approach to scoring Giemsa-stained malaria-infected thin blood films

Proudfoot, Owen, Drew, Nathan, Scholzen, Anja, Xiang, Sue, Plebanski, Magdalena

Daily assessment of the percentage of erythrocytes that are infected ('percent-parasitaemia') across a time-course is a necessary step in many experimental studies of malaria, but represents a...

Parasite-Dependent Expansion of TNF Receptor II–Positive Regulatory T Cells with Enhanced Suppressive Activity in Adults with Severe Malaria

Minigo, Gabriela, Woodberry, Tonia, Piera, Kim A., Salwati, Ervi, Tjitra, Emiliana, Kenangalem, Enny, ...

Severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria is a major cause of global mortality, yet the immunological factors underlying progression to severe disease remain unclear. CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells (Treg...

Plasmodium falciparum–Mediated Induction of Human CD25hiFoxp3hi CD4 T Cells Is Independent of Direct TCR Stimulation and Requires IL-2, IL-10 and TGFβ

Scholzen, Anja, Mittag, Diana, Rogerson, Stephen J., Cooke, Brian M., Plebanski, Magdalena

CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) regulate disease-associated immunity and excessive inflammatory responses, and numbers of CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Tregs are increased during malaria infection. The...