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ReviewVirus research2009

Influenza vaccines based on virus-like particles.

Sang-Moo Kang, Jae-Min Song, Fu-Shi Quan, Richard W Compans

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Review in Virus research, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers.

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63citing papers in PubMed
9.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

63 citing papers in PubMed, 135 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Purification of influenza virus-like particles using sulfated cellulose membrane adsorbers.Journal of chemical technology and biotechnology (Oxford, Oxfordshire : 1986) · 2018
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3 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sang-Moo KangDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. skang2@emory.edu
Jae-Min Song
Fu-Shi Quan
Richard W Compans
Emory University · USEmory Healthcare · US

Funding

Novel VLP vaccines for pandemic influenza virusR01AI068003 · NIAID · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI COMPANS, RICHARD W · 2006 to 2010
$2.7M
NIAID NIH HHS AI0680003NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI068003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The simultaneous expression of structural proteins of virus can produce virus-like particles (VLPs) by a self-assembly process in a viral life cycle even in the absence of genomic material. Taking an advantage of structural and morphological similarities of VLPs to native virions, VLPs have been suggested as a promising platform for new viral vaccines. In the light of a pandemic threat, influenza VLPs have been recently developed as a new generation of non-egg based cell culture-derived vaccine candidates against influenza infection. Animals vaccinated with VLPs containing hemagglutinin (HA) or HA and neuraminidase (NA) were protected from morbidity and mortality resulting from lethal influenza infections. Influenza VLPs serve as an excellent model system of an enveloped virus for understanding the properties of VLPs in inducing protective immunity. In this review, we briefly describe the characteristics of influenza VLPs assembled with a lipid bilayer containing glycoproteins, and summarize the current progress on influenza VLPs as an alternative vaccine candidate against seasonal as well as pandemic influenza viruses. In addition, the protective immune correlates induced by vaccination with influenza VLPs are discussed.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansInfluenza, HumanInfluenza VaccinesVaccines, VirosomeInfluenza VaccinesVaccines, Virosome

Identifiers

PMID19374929
PMCPMC2753524
OpenAlexW2030883039

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