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ArticleVaccine2009

A live guinea pig cytomegalovirus vaccine deleted of three putative immune evasion genes is highly attenuated but remains immunogenic in a vaccine/challenge model of congenital cytomegalovirus infection.

Megan M Crumpler, K Yeon Choi, Michael A McVoy, Mark R Schleiss

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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 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Megan M CrumplerDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
K Yeon Choi
Michael A McVoy
Mark R Schleiss
University of Minnesota · USVirginia Commonwealth University · US

Funding

Viral Immunomodulation and Rational CMV Vaccine DesignR01HD044864 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI GEBALLE, ADAM P., MCVOY, MICHAEL A · 2003 to 2015
$4.5M
VACCINES FOR PREVENTION OF EXPERIMENTAL CONGENITAL CMVR01HD038416 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI SCHLEISS, MARK R. · 2000 to 2009
$2.2M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD038416NICHD NIH HHS R01HD038416NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD044864NICHD NIH HHS R01HD044864
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Live attenuated vaccines for prevention of congenital cytomegalovirus infections encode numerous immune evasion genes. Their removal could potentially improve vaccine safety and efficacy. To test this hypothesis, three genes encoding MHC class I homologs (presumed NK evasins) were deleted from the guinea pig cytomegalovirus genome and the resulting virus, 3DX, was evaluated as a live attenuated vaccine in the guinea pig congenital infection model. 3DX was attenuated in vivo but not in vitro. Vaccination with 3DX produced elevated cytokine levels and higher antibody titers than wild type (WT) virus while avidity and neutralizing titers were similar. Protection, assessed by maternal viral loads and pup mortality following pathogenic viral challenge during pregnancy, was comparable between 3DX and WT and significant compared to naïve animals. These results suggest that the safety and perhaps efficacy of live attenuated human cytomegalovirus vaccines could be enhanced by deletion of viral immunomodulatory genes.

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Gene DeletionAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsAntibodies, ViralCytokinesCytomegalovirus InfectionsCytomegalovirus VaccinesFemaleGuinea PigsMolecular Sequence DataNeutralization TestsPregnancyRoseolovirusSequence AlignmentVaccines, AttenuatedViral ProteinsAntibodies, ViralCytokinesCytomegalovirus VaccinesVaccines, AttenuatedViral ProteinsVirulence Factors

Identifiers

PMID19389443
PMCPMC3539795
OpenAlexW2002488216

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