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ArticleVaccine2009

An IL-12 DNA vaccine co-expressing Yersinia pestis antigens protects against pneumonic plague.

Hitoki Yamanaka, Teri Hoyt, Richard Bowen, Xinghong Yang, Kathryn Crist, Sarah Golden, Massimo Maddaloni, David W Pascual

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Article in Vaccine, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Plague Vaccines: Status and Future.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hitoki YamanakaVeterinary Molecular Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717-3610, USA.
Teri Hoyt
Richard Bowen
Xinghong Yang
Kathryn Crist
Sarah Golden
Massimo Maddaloni
David W Pascual
Montana State University · USColorado State University · US

Funding

Vascular stabilization as a broad theraprutic platform for biodefenseU54AI065357 · NIAID · COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY-FORT COLLINS · PI SLAYDEN, RICHARD A · 2005 to 2013
$77.5M
VIRUSES: FROM PARTICLES TO PROTEOMICSP20RR020185 · NCRR · MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY - BOZEMAN · PI QUINN, MARK T · 2004 to 2011
$17.0M
Mucosal Vaccines for PlagueR01AI056286 · NIAID · MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY - BOZEMAN · PI PASCUAL, DAVID W · 2004 to 2006
$1.3M
NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR-020185NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR020185NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI056286NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI-56286NIAID NIH HHS U54 AI065357NIAID NIH HHS U54 AI-06537
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pneumonic plague remains problematic in endemic areas, and because it can be readily transmitted and has high mortality, the development of efficacious vaccines is warranted. To test whether stimulation of cell-mediated immunity with IL-12 will improve protective immunity against plague, we constructed two IL-12 DNA vaccines using a bicistronic plasmid encoding the protective plague epitopes, capsular (F1) antigen and virulence antigen (V-Ag) as F1-V fusion protein and V-Ag only, respectively. When applied intramuscularly, antibody responses to F1- and V-Ag were detectable beginning at week 6 after 3 weekly doses, and F1-Ag protein boosts were required to induce elevated Ab responses. These Ab responses were supported by mixed Th cell responses, and the IL-12/V-Ag DNA vaccine showed greater cell-mediated immune bias than IL-12/F1-V DNA vaccine. Following pneumonic challenge, both IL-12 DNA vaccines showed similar efficacy despite differences in Th cells simulated. These results show that IL-12 can be used as a molecular adjuvant to enhance protective immunity against pneumonic plague.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntigens, BacterialCell LineCytokinesFemaleInterleukin-12MiceMice, Inbred BALB CPlaguePlague VaccinePlasmidsSpleenVaccines, DNAYersinia pestisAntigens, BacterialCytokinesInterleukin-12Plague VaccineVaccines, DNA

Identifiers

PMID18955097
PMCPMC2628569
OpenAlexW2044654893

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