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ArticleBiophysical journal2016

Identification of HIV-1-Based Virus-like Particles by Multifrequency Atomic Force Microscopy.

Irene González-Domínguez, Sonia Gutiérrez-Granados, Laura Cervera, Francesc Gòdia, Neus Domingo

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Irene González-DomínguezDepartment of d' Enginyeria Química Biològica i Ambiental, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: irene.gonzalezdo@e-campus.uab.cat.
Sonia Gutiérrez-GranadosDepartment of d' Enginyeria Química Biològica i Ambiental, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain.
Laura CerveraDepartment of d' Enginyeria Química Biològica i Ambiental, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain.
Francesc GòdiaDepartment of d' Enginyeria Química Biològica i Ambiental, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain.
Neus DomingoCatalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain.
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona · ESInstitut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Virus-like particles (VLPs) have become a promising platform for vaccine production. VLPs are formed by structural viral proteins that inherently self-assemble when expressed in a host cell. They represent a highly immunogenic and safe vaccine platform, due to the absence of the viral genome and its high protein density. One of the most important parameters in vaccine production is the quality of the product. A related bottleneck in VLP-based products is the presence of cellular vesicles as a major contaminant in the preparations, which will require the set up of techniques allowing for specific discrimination of VLPs from host vesicular bodies. In this work novel, to our knowledge, multifrequency (MF) atomic force microscopy (AFM) has permitted full structural nanophysical characterization by its access to the virus capsid of the HIV-based VLPs. The assessment of these particles by advanced amplitude modulation-frequency modulation (AM-FM) viscoelastic mapping mode has enhanced the imaging resolution of their nanomechanical properties, opening a new window for the study of the biophysical attributes of VLPs. Finally, the identification and differentiation of HIV-based VLPs from cellular vesicles has been performed under ambient conditions, providing, to our knowledge, novel methodology for the monitoring and quality control of VLPs.

Indexed as

Vaccines, Virus-Like ParticleCapsid ProteinsElasticitygag Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency VirusHEK293 CellsHIV-1HumansMicroscopy, Atomic ForceMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionViscosityCapsid Proteinsgag Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency VirusVaccines, Virus-Like Particle

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PMID27653476
PMCPMC5034347
OpenAlexW2523047976

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