Table 1.
Overview of the antigens (peptides and recombinant proteins) used in this study
| Antigens | Sequence (N-terminal to C-terminal) | g/mol | Life-cycle stages | Plasmodium species | Peptide or recombinant protein | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSP | NANPNANPNANPNANPNVDPNVDPC | 2557.67 | Sporozoite | P. falciparum | Peptide | [5] |
| Pfl3 | C-terminal His-tag produced in E. coli | Sporozoite | P. falciparum | Recombinant protein | [45, 46] | |
| STARP-R | STDNNNTKTISTDNNNTKTIC | 2299.42 | Sporozoite and liver stage | P. falciparum | Peptide | [5, 47] |
| SALSA 1 | SAEKKDEKEASEQGEESHKKENSQESAC | 3123.24 | Sporozoite and liver stage | P. falciparum | Peptide | [5, 47] |
| SALSA 2 | NGKDDVKEEKKTNEKKDDGKTDKVQEKVLEKSPKC | 4019.52 | Sporozoite and liver stage | P. falciparum | Peptide | [5, 47 |
| SR11.1 | EEVVEELIEEVIPEELVLC | 2213.5 | Sporozoite and liver stage | P. falciparum | Peptide | [5, 47] |
| LSA1-41 | LAKEKLQEQQSDLEQERLAKEKLQEQQSDLEQERLAKEKEKLQC | 5297.97 | Liver stage | P. falciparum | Peptide | [5, 6, 48] |
| LSA1-J | ERRAKEKLQEQQSDLEQRKADTKKC | 3046.43 | Liver stage | P. falciparum | Peptide | [5, 47, 48] |
| LSA3-NR2 | VLEESQVNDDIFNSLVKSVQQEQQHNVC | 3230.53 | Liver stage | P.falciparum | Peptide | [5, 47] |
| LSA3-RE | VESVAPSVEESVAPSVEESVAENVEESVC | 2991.2 | Liver stage | P. falciparum | Peptide | [5, 47] |
| PfMSPl-19 | Glutathione S-transferase (GST) fusion protein. C-terminal expressed in E. coli | Merozoite | P. falciparum | Recombinant protein | [4, 24] | |
| GLURP | EDKNEKGQHEIVEVEEILC | 2241.47 | Trophozoite | P. falciparum | Peptide | [5, 47, 49] |
| GLURP-P3 | EPLEPFPTQIHKDYKC | 1945.23 | Trophozoite | P. falciparum | Peptide | [5, 47, 50] |
| PfGLURP-R2 | C-terminal produced in E. coli | Trophozoite | P. falciparum | Recombinant protein | [49] | |
| Pvlike CSP | APGANQEGGAAAPGANQEGGAAAPGANQEGGAAC | 2892.99 | Sporozoite | P. vivax | Peptide | [47] |
| PvVK210 CSP | DGQPAGDRAAGQPAGDRADGQPAGDRADGQPAGC | 3206.3 | Sporozoite | P. vivax | Peptide | [47, 51, 52] |
| PvVK247 CSP | ANGAGNQPGANGAGNQPGANGAGNQPGANGAGNC | 2905.95 | Sporozoite | P. vivax | Peptide | [47, 51, 52] |
| PvCSP-chimera | Soluble His-tag protein expressed in wheat-germ cell free expression system | Sporozoite | P. vivax | Recombinant protein | [51, 52] | |
| PvAMAl | Merozoite | P. vivax | Recombinant protein | [53, 54] | ||
| PvDBP | Merozoite | P. vivax | Recombinant protein | [55] | ||
| PvMSPl-19 | C-terminal produced in the baculovirus expression system | Merozoite | P. vivax | Recombinant protein | [4, 16, 24] | |
| PmCSP | GNAAGNAAGNDAGNAAGNAAGNAAGNAAGNAAC | 2358.37 | Sporozoite | P. malariae | Peptide | [47] |
| SALIV 1 | EKVWVDRDNVYCGHLDCTRVATFC | 2830.22 | Salivary gland proteins | An. gambiae | Peptide | [5, 56] |
| SALIV 2 | ATFKGERFCTLCDTRHFCECKETREPLC | 3324.84 | Salivary gland proteins | An. gambiae | Peptide | [5, 56] |
Ags are organized according to the Plasmodium species and the life-cycle stages in the human host