Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27199987›Full record

ArticleFrontiers in immunology2016

A Multi-Component Prime-Boost Vaccination Regimen with a Consensus MOMP Antigen Enhances Chlamydia trachomatis Clearance.

Alexander Badamchi-Zadeh, Paul F McKay, Bette T Korber, Guillermo Barinaga, Adam A Walters, Alexandra Nunes, João Paulo Gomes, Frank Follmann, John S Tregoning, Robin J Shattock

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Intranasal delivery ofHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2024
    Article
  2. Advances inMicroorganisms · 2024
    Review
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Multi-component prime-boostFrontiers in immunology · 2022
    Article
  7. Expert review of vaccines · 2021
    Article
  8. Emerging microbes & infections · 2020
    Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Update on Chlamydia trachomatis Vaccinology.Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI · 2017
    Review
  13. Review
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
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

10 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Alexander Badamchi-ZadehMucosal Infection and Immunity Group, Imperial College London , London , UK.
Paul F McKayMucosal Infection and Immunity Group, Imperial College London , London , UK.
Bette T KorberLos Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division , Los Alamos, NM , USA.
Guillermo BarinagaMucosal Infection and Immunity Group, Imperial College London , London , UK.
Adam A WaltersMucosal Infection and Immunity Group, Imperial College London , London , UK.
Alexandra NunesDepartment of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health , Lisbon , Portugal.
João Paulo GomesDepartment of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health , Lisbon , Portugal.
Frank FollmannChlamydia Vaccine Research, Department of Infectious Disease Immunology, Statens Serum Institute , Copenhagen , Denmark.
John S TregoningMucosal Infection and Immunity Group, Imperial College London , London , UK.
Robin J ShattockMucosal Infection and Immunity Group, Imperial College London , London , UK.
Imperial College London · GBNational Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge · PTLos Alamos National Laboratory · USStatens Serum Institut · DK

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundA vaccine for Chlamydia trachomatis is of urgent medical need. We explored bioinformatic approaches to generate an immunogen against C. trachomatis that would induce cross-serovar T-cell responses as (i) CD4(+) T cells have been shown in animal models and human studies to be important in chlamydial protection and (ii) antibody responses may be restrictive and serovar specific.

methodsA consensus antigen based on over 1,500 major outer membrane protein (MOMP) sequences provided high epitope coverage against the most prevalent C. trachomatis strains in silico. Having designed the T-cell immunogen, we assessed it for immunogenicity in prime-boost regimens. This consensus MOMP transgene was delivered using plasmid DNA, Human Adenovirus 5 (HuAd5) or modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) vectors with or without MF59(®) adjuvanted recombinant MOMP protein.

resultsDifferent regimens induced distinct immune profiles. The DNA-HuAd5-MVA-Protein vaccine regimen induced a cellular response with a Th1-biased serum antibody response, alongside high serum and vaginal MOMP-specific antibodies. This regimen significantly enhanced clearance against intravaginal C. trachomatis serovar D infection in both BALB/c and B6C3F1 mouse strains. This enhanced clearance was shown to be CD4(+) T-cell dependent. Future studies will need to confirm the specificity and precise mechanisms of protection.

conclusionA C. trachomatis vaccine needs to induce a robust cellular response with broad cross-serovar coverage and a heterologous prime-boost regimen may be an approach to achieve this.

Indexed as

adenovirus-vector vaccinesChlamydia trachomatisconsensusDNA vaccinesmosaicMVA-vector vaccinesprime-boost regimens

Identifiers

PMID27199987
PMCPMC4848310
OpenAlexW2344740768

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.