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ReviewVirology journal2013

Analytical technologies for influenza virus-like particle candidate vaccines: challenges and emerging approaches.

Christine M Thompson, Emma Petiot, Alexandre Lennaertz, Olivier Henry, Amine A Kamen

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Review in Virology journal, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christine M ThompsonNational Research Council Canada, Vaccine Program-Human Health Therapeutics Portfolio, 6100 Royalmount Avenue, Montreal, Québec H4P 2R2, Canada.
Emma Petiot
Alexandre Lennaertz
Olivier Henry
Amine A Kamen
National Research Council Canada · CAPolytechnique Montréal · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Influenza virus-like particle vaccines are one of the most promising ways to respond to the threat of future influenza pandemics. VLPs are composed of viral antigens but lack nucleic acids making them non-infectious which limit the risk of recombination with wild-type strains. By taking advantage of the advancements in cell culture technologies, the process from strain identification to manufacturing has the potential to be completed rapidly and easily at large scales. After closely reviewing the current research done on influenza VLPs, it is evident that the development of quantification methods has been consistently overlooked. VLP quantification at all stages of the production process has been left to rely on current influenza quantification methods (i.e. Hemagglutination assay (HA), Single Radial Immunodiffusion assay (SRID), NA enzymatic activity assays, Western blot, Electron Microscopy). These are analytical methods developed decades ago for influenza virions and final bulk influenza vaccines. Although these methods are time-consuming and cumbersome they have been sufficient for the characterization of final purified material. Nevertheless, these analytical methods are impractical for in-line process monitoring because VLP concentration in crude samples generally falls out of the range of detection for these methods. This consequently impedes the development of robust influenza-VLP production and purification processes. Thus, development of functional process analytical techniques, applicable at every stage during production, that are compatible with different production platforms is in great need to assess, optimize and exploit the full potential of novel manufacturing platforms.

Indexed as

Antigens, ViralBiotechnologyHumansInfluenza VaccinesTechnology, PharmaceuticalVaccines, Virus-Like ParticleAntigens, ViralInfluenza VaccinesVaccines, Virus-Like Particle

Identifiers

PMID23642219
PMCPMC3655918
OpenAlexW2140212776

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