Lea Klingenberg Barfod

Lea Klingenberg Barfod

Associate Professor

Member of:

  • EPITOPE team


  1. 2024
  2. Published

    Atypical memory B cell frequency correlates with antibody breadth and function in malaria immune adults

    Partey, Frederica Dedo, Dowuona, J. N. N., Pobee, A. N. A., Walker, Melanie Rose, Aculley, B., Prah, D. A., Ofori, M. F. & Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, 28 Feb 2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 1, 11 p., 4888.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. 2023
  4. Published

    A complex equation - adding to Plasmodium falciparum invasion

    Björnsson, K. H. & Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, 2023, In: Trends in Parasitology. 39, 3, p. 160-162 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 humoral immune response in a subject with unique sampling: A case report

    Walker, Melanie Rose, Idorn, M., Bennett, Anja, Søgaard, M., Salanti, Ali, Ditlev, S. B. & Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, 2023, In: Immunity, Inflammation and Disease. 11, 6, e910.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. 2022
  7. Published
  8. Published

    Enhancing neutralization of Plasmodium falciparum using a novel monoclonal antibody against the rhoptry-associated membrane antigen

    Knudsen, Anne Schlitterlau, Walker, Melanie Rose, Agullet, J. P., Björnsson, K. H., Bassi, Maria Rosaria & Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, 2022, In: Scientific Reports. 12, 1, 3040.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Production of PfEMP1-specific human monoclonal antibodies from naturally immune individuals

    Walker, Melanie Rose & Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, 2022, Malaria Immunology: Targeting the Surface of Infected Erythrocytes. Humana Press, Vol. 2470. p. 407-421 15 p. (Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Production of PfEMP1-specific mouse monoclonal antibodies

    Dalgaard, Nanna & Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, 2022, Malaria Immunology: Targeting the Surface of Infected Erythrocytes. Humana Press, Vol. 2470. p. 391-405 15 p. (Methods in Molecular Biology; No. 2470).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    SARS-CoV-2 RBD-specific antibodies induced early in the pandemic by natural infection and vaccination display cross-variant binding and inhibition

    Walker, Melanie Rose, Podlekareva, D., Johnsen, Stine, Leerhøy, B., Fougeroux, Cyrielle Elyette, Søgaard, M., Salanti, Ali, Ditlev, S. B. & Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, 2022, In: Viruses. 14, 9, 14 p., 1861.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. 2021
  13. Protein/AS01B vaccination elicits stronger, more Th2-skewed antigen-specific human T follicular helper cell responses than heterologous viral vectors

    Nielsen, C. M., Ogbe, A., Pedroza-Pacheco, I., Doeleman, S. E., Chen, Y., Silk, S. E., Barrett, J. R., Elias, S. C., Miura, K., Diouf, A., Bardelli, M., Dabbs, R. A., Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, Long, C. A., Haynes, B. F., Payne, R. O., Minassian, A. M., Bradley, T., Draper, S. J. & Borrow, P., 2021, In: Cell Reports Medicine. 2, 3, 100207.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Reduced blood-stage malaria growth and immune correlates in humans following RH5 vaccination

    Minassian, A. M., Silk, S. E., Barrett, J. R., Nielsen, C. M., Miura, K., Diouf, A., Loos, C., Fallon, J. K., Michell, A. R., White, M. T., Edwards, N. J., Poulton, I. D., Mitton, C. H., Payne, R. O., Marks, M., Maxwell-Scott, H., Querol-Rubiera, A., Bisnauthsing, K., Batra, R., Ogrina, T. & 30 others, Brendish, N. J., Themistocleous, Y., Rawlinson, T. A., Ellis, K. J., Quinkert, D., Baker, M., Lopez Ramon, R., Ramos Lopez, F., Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, Folegatti, P. M., Silman, D., Datoo, M., Taylor, I. J., Jin, J., Pulido, D., Douglas, A. D., de Jongh, W. A., Smith, R., Berrie, E., Noe, A. R., Diggs, C. L., Soisson, L. A., Ashfield, R., Faust, S. N., Goodman, A. L., Lawrie, A. M., Nugent, F. L., Alter, G., Long, C. A. & Draper, S. J., 2021, In: Med. 2, 6, p. 701-719

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Strain-Dependent Inhibition of Erythrocyte Invasion by Monoclonal Antibodies Against Plasmodium falciparum CyRPA

    Knudsen, Anne Schlitterlau, Björnsson, K. H., Bassi, Maria Rosaria, Walker, Melanie Rose, Kok, A., Cristinoi, B., Jensen, Anja Ramstedt & Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, 2021, In: Frontiers in Immunology. 12, 716305.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. 2020
  17. Published

    The structure of the cysteine-rich domain of Plasmodium falciparum P113 identifies the location of the RH5 binding site

    Campeotto, I., Galaway, F., Mehmood, S., Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, Quinkert, D., Kotraiah, V., Phares, T. W., Wright, K. E., Snijders, A. P., Draper, S. J., Higgins, M. K. & Wright, G. J., 8 Sep 2020, In: mBio. 11, 5, e01566-20.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Acquisition and decay of IgM and IgG responses to merozoite antigens after Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Ghanaian children

    Walker, Melanie Rose, Knudsen, Anne Schlitterlau, Partey, Frederica Dedo, Bassi, Maria Rosaria, Frank, A. M., Castberg, F. C., Sarbah, E. W., Ofori, M. F., Hviid, Lars & Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, 2020, In: PLoS ONE. 15, 12, p. e0243943

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. 2019
  20. Functional comparison of blood-stage Plasmodium falciparum malaria vaccine candidate antigens

    Illingworth, J. J., Alanine, D. G., Brown, R., Marshall, J. M., Bartlett, H. E., Silk, S. E., Labbé, G. M., Quinkert, D., Cho, J. S., Wendler, J. P., Pattinson, D. J., Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, Douglas, A. D., Shea, M. W., Wright, K. E., de Cassan, S. C., Higgins, M. K. & Draper, S. J., 2019, In: Frontiers in Immunology. 10, p. 1254

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. 2018
  22. Published

    Kinetics of antibody responses to PfRH5-complex antigens in Ghanaian children with Plasmodium falciparum malaria

    Partey, Frederica Dedo, Castberg, F. C., Sarbah, E. W., Silk, S. E., Awandare, G. A., Draper, S. J., Opoku, N., Kweku, M., Ofori, M. F., Hviid, Lars & Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, 2018, In: PLOS ONE. 13, 6, 14 p., e0198371.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. 2017
  24. Published

    Human vaccination against RH5 induces neutralizing antimalarial antibodies that inhibit RH5 invasion complex interactions

    Payne, R. O., Silk, S. E., Elias, S. C., Miura, K., Diouf, A., Galaway, F., de Graaf, H., Brendish, N. J., Poulton, I. D., Griffiths, O. J., Edwards, N. J., Jin, J., Labbé, G. M., Alanine, D. G., Siani, L., Di Marco, S., Roberts, R., Green, N., Berrie, E., Ishizuka, A. S. & 22 others, Nielsen, C. M., Bardelli, M., Partey, Frederica Dedo, Ofori, M. F., Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, Wambua, J., Murungi, L. M., Osier, F. H., Biswas, S., McCarthy, J. S., Minassian, A. M., Ashfield, R., Viebig, N. K., Nugent, F. L., Douglas, A. D., Vekemans, J., Wright, G. J., Faust, S. N., Hill, A. V., Long, C. A., Lawrie, A. M. & Draper, S. J., Nov 2017, In: JCI insight. 2, 21, 19 p., e96381.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. One-step design of a stable variant of the malaria invasion protein RH5 for use as a vaccine immunogen

    Campeotto, I., Goldenzweig, A., Davey, J., Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, Marshall, J. M., Silk, S. E., Wright, K. E., Draper, S. J., Higgins, M. K. & Fleishman, S. J., Jan 2017, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 114, 5, p. 998-1002 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. 2015
  27. Published

    α2-macroglobulin can crosslink multiple Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) molecules and may facilitate adhesion of parasitized erythrocytes

    Stevenson, L., Laursen, E., Cowan, G. J., Bandoh, B., Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, Cavanagh, D. R., Andersen, G. R. & Hviid, Lars, Jul 2015, In: P L o S Pathogens. 11, 7, p. 1-19 19 p., e1005022.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Investigating the function of Fc -specific binding of IgM to Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 mediating erythrocyte rosetting

    Stevenson, L., Huda, P., Jeppesen, A., Laursen, E. T. F., Rowe, J. A., Craig, A., Streicher, W., Barfod, Lea Klingenberg & Hviid, Lars, Jun 2015, In: Cellular Microbiology. 17, 6, p. 819-31 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Trying to remember: immunological B cell memory to malaria

    Hviid, Lars, Barfod, Lea Klingenberg & Fowkes, F. J. I., Mar 2015, In: Trends in Parasitology. 31, 3, p. 89-94 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocyte knob density is linked to the PfEMP1 variant expressed

    Subramani, R., Quadt, K., Jeppesen, A. E., Hempel, C., Petersen, J. E. V., Hassenkam, Tue, Hviid, Lars & Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, 2015, In: mBio. 6, 5, 7 p., e01456-15.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    Mapping the binding site of a cross-reactive Plasmodium falciparum PfEMP1 monoclonal antibody inhibitory of ICAM-1 binding

    Lennartz, F., Bengtsson, A., Olsen, Rebecca Wendelboe, Joergensen, L., Brown, A., Remy, L., Man, P., Forest, E., Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, Adams, Yvonne, Higgins, M. K. & Jensen, Anja Ramstedt, 2015, In: Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950). 195, 7, p. 3273-83 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    Multiple Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 variants per genome can bind IgM via its Fc fragment Fcμ

    Jeppesen, A., Ditlev, S. B., Soroka, V., Stevenson, E. K., Turner, Louise, Dzikowski, R., Hviid, Lars & Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, 2015, In: Infection and Immunity. 83, 10, p. 3972-81 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  33. 2014
  34. Published

    Kinetics of B Cell responses to Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 in Ghanaian women naturally exposed to malaria parasites

    Ampomah, P., Stevenson, L., Ofori, M. F., Barfod, Lea Klingenberg & Hviid, Lars, 1 Jun 2014, In: Journal of Immunology. 192, 11, p. 5236-44 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    B-cell responses to pregnancy-restricted and -unrestricted Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 antigens in Ghanaian women naturally exposed to malaria parasites

    Ampomah, P., Stevenson, L., Ofori, M. F., Barfod, Lea Klingenberg & Hviid, Lars, May 2014, In: Infection and Immunity. 82, 5, p. 1860-71 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    The Malaria Pigment Hemozoin Comprises at Most Four Different Isomer Units in Two Crystalline Models: Chiral as Based on a Biochemical Hypothesis or Centrosymmetric Made of Enantiomorphous Sectors

    Straasø, T., Marom, N., Solomonov, I., Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, Burghammer, M., Feidenhans'l, Robert Krarup, Als-Nielsen, Jens & Leiserowitz, L., 17 Mar 2014, In: Crystal Growth & Design. 14, 4, p. 1543-1554 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Inhibition of Plasmepsin V activity demonstrates its essential role in protein export, PfEMP1 display, and survival of malaria parasites

    Sleebs, B. E., Lopaticki, S., Marapana, D. S., O'Neill, M. T., Rajasekaran, P., Gazdik, M., Günther, S., Whitehead, L. W., Lowes, K. N., Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, Hviid, Lars, Shaw, P. J., Hodder, A. N., Smith, B. J., Cowman, A. F. & Boddey, J. A., 2014, In: P L o S Biology. 12, 7, p. e1001897

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. 2012
  39. Published

    The density of knobs on Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes depends on developmental age and varies among isolates

    Quadt, K. A., Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, Andersen, D., Bruun, J., Gyan, B., Hassenkam, Tue, Ofori, M. F. & Hviid, Lars, 2012, In: P L o S One. 7, 9, p. e45658

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  40. 2011
  41. Published

    Evasion of immunity to Plasmodium falciparum malaria by IgM masking of protective IgG epitopes in infected erythrocyte surface-exposed PfEMP1

    Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, Dalgaard, M. B., Pleman, S. T., Ofori, M. F., Pleass, R. J. & Hviid, Lars, 2011, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 108, 30, p. 12485-90 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. 2010
  43. Published

    Chondroitin sulfate A-adhering Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes express functionally important antibody epitopes shared by multiple variants

    Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, Dobrilovic, T., Magistrado, P., Khunrae, P., Viwami, F., Bruun, J., Dahlbäck, M., Bernasconi, N. L., Fried, M., John, D., Duffy, P. E., Salanti, Ali, Lanzavecchia, A., Lim, C. T., Ndam, N. T., Higgins, M. K. & Hviid, Lars, 2010, In: Journal of Immunology. 185, 12, p. 7553-61 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    The kinetics of antibody binding to Plasmodium falciparum VAR2CSA PfEMP1 antigen and modelling of PfEMP1 antigen packing on the membrane knobs

    Joergensen, L. M., Salanti, Ali, Dobrilovic, T., Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, Hassenkam, Tue, Theander, Thor Grundtvig, Hviid, Lars & Arnot, D. E., 2010, In: Malaria Journal. 9, 1, p. 100

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  45. 2009
  46. Published

    Human monoclonal IgG selection of Plasmodium falciparum for the expression of placental malaria-specific variant surface antigens

    Soerli, J., Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, Lavstsen, Thomas, Bernasconi, N. L., Lanzavecchia, A. & Hviid, Lars, 2009, In: Parasite Immunology. 31, 6, p. 341-6 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. 2008
  48. Published

    Malaria vaccines: immunity, models and monoclonal antibodies

    Hviid, Lars & Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, 2008, In: Trends in Parasitology. 24, 9, p. 392-395 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  49. 2007
  50. Published

    Human pregnancy-associated malaria-specific B cells target polymorphic, conformational epitopes in VAR2CSA

    Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, Bernasconi, N. L., Dahlbäck, M., Jarrossay, D., Andersen, P. H., Salanti, Ali, Ofori, M. F., Turner, Louise, Resende, M., Nielsen, Morten Agertoug, Theander, Thor Grundtvig, Sallusto, F., Lanzavecchia, A. & Hviid, Lars, 2007, In: Molecular Microbiology. 63, 2, p. 335-47 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  51. 2006
  52. Published

    Baculovirus-expressed constructs induce immunoglobulin G that recognizes VAR2CSA on Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes

    Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, Nielsen, Morten Agertoug, Turner, Louise, Dahlbäck, M., Jensen, Anja Ramstedt, Hviid, Lars, Theander, Thor Grundtvig & Salanti, Ali, 2006, In: Infection and Immunity. 74, 7, p. 4357-60 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  53. Published
  54. 2004
  55. Published

    Evidence for the involvement of VAR2CSA in pregnancy-associated malaria

    Salanti, Ali, Dahlbäck, M., Turner, Louise, Nielsen, Morten Agertoug, Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, Magistrado, P., Jensen, Anja Ramstedt, Lavstsen, Thomas, Ofori, M. F., Marsh, K., Hviid, Lars & Theander, Thor Grundtvig, 2004, In: Journal of Experimental Medicine. 200, 9, p. 1197-203 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  56. 2002
  57. Published

    Chalcones from Chinese liquorice inhibit proliferation of T cells and production of cytokines

    Barfod, Lea Klingenberg, Kemp, K., Hansen, M. & Kharazmi, A., 2002, In: International Immunopharmacology. 2, 4, p. 545-55 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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