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ArticleNature communications2015

Development of high-yield influenza A virus vaccine viruses.

Jihui Ping, Tiago J S Lopes, Chairul A Nidom, Elodie Ghedin, Catherine A Macken, Adam Fitch, Masaki Imai, Eileen A Maher, Gabriele Neumann, Yoshihiro Kawaoka

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Article in Nature communications, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers.

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62citing papers in PubMed
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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

62 citing papers in PubMed, 111 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.

Jihui PingDepartment of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Influenza Research Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53711, USA.
Tiago J S LopesDepartment of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Influenza Research Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53711, USA.
Chairul A NidomAvian Influenza-Zoonosis Research Center, Airlangga University, Surabaya 60115, Indonesia.
Elodie GhedinDepartment of Biology, New York University, New York, New York 10003 USA.
Catherine A MackenBioinformatics Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand.
Adam FitchDepartment of Computational &Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261 USA.
Masaki ImaiDepartment of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Influenza Research Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53711, USA.
Eileen A MaherDepartment of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Influenza Research Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53711, USA.
Gabriele NeumannDepartment of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Influenza Research Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53711, USA.
Yoshihiro KawaokaDepartment of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Influenza Research Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53711, USA.
University of Wisconsin–Madison · USAirlangga University · IDNational Institute of Infectious Diseases · JPNew York University · USTokyo University of Science · JPUniversity of Auckland · NZUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

NIAID NIH HHS HHSN266200700010CPHS HHS HHSN266200700010C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vaccination is one of the most cost-effective ways to prevent infection. Influenza vaccines propagated in cultured cells are approved for use in humans, but their yields are often suboptimal. Here, we screened A/Puerto Rico/8/34 (PR8) virus mutant libraries to develop vaccine backbones (defined here as the six viral RNA segments not encoding haemagglutinin and neuraminidase) that support high yield in cell culture. We also tested mutations in the coding and regulatory regions of the virus, and chimeric haemagglutinin and neuraminidase genes. A combination of high-yield mutations from these screens led to a PR8 backbone that improved the titres of H1N1, H3N2, H5N1 and H7N9 vaccine viruses in African green monkey kidney and Madin-Darby canine kidney cells. This PR8 backbone also improves titres in embryonated chicken eggs, a common propagation system for influenza viruses. This PR8 vaccine backbone thus represents an advance in seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccine development.

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AnimalsBase SequenceChlorocebus aethiopsDogsHEK293 CellsHemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza VirusHumansInfluenza A virusInfluenza A Virus, H1N1 SubtypeInfluenza A Virus, H3N2 SubtypeInfluenza A Virus, H5N1 SubtypeInfluenza A Virus, H7N9 SubtypeInfluenza VaccinesMadin Darby Canine Kidney CellsMolecular Sequence DataMutationHemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza VirusInfluenza VaccinesNeuraminidase

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