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ArticleJournal of virology2017

Neutralization of Diverse Human Cytomegalovirus Strains Conferred by Antibodies Targeting Viral gH/gL/pUL128-131 Pentameric Complex.

Sha Ha, Fengsheng Li, Matthew C Troutman, Daniel C Freed, Aimin Tang, John W Loughney, Dai Wang, I-Ming Wang, Josef Vlasak, David C Nickle and 10 more

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Article in Journal of virology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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51citing papers in PubMed
7.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Immune Prophylaxis and Therapy for Human Cytomegalovirus Infection.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Sha HaMerck Research Laboratories, Merck and Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA.
Fengsheng LiMerck Research Laboratories, Merck and Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA.
Matthew C TroutmanMerck Research Laboratories, Merck and Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA.
Daniel C FreedMerck Research Laboratories, Merck and Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA.
Aimin TangMerck Research Laboratories, Merck and Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA.
John W LoughneyMerck Research Laboratories, Merck and Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA.
Dai WangMerck Research Laboratories, Merck and Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5666-8622
I-Ming WangMerck Research Laboratories, Merck and Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA.
Josef VlasakMerck Research Laboratories, Merck and Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA.
David C NickleMerck Research Laboratories, Merck and Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA.
Richard R RustandiMerck Research Laboratories, Merck and Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA.
Melissa HammMerck Research Laboratories, Merck and Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA.
Pete A DePhillipsMerck Research Laboratories, Merck and Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA.
Ningyan ZhangTexas Therapeutics Institute, the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
Jason S McLellanGeisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.
Hua ZhuRutgers-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Stuart P AdlerCMV Research Foundation, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Michael A McVoyVirginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Zhiqiang AnTexas Therapeutics Institute, the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
Tong-Ming FuMerck Research Laboratories, Merck and Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA tong-ming_fu@merck.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1420-2271
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) · USBrown Foundation · USDartmouth College · USOrthopaedic Research of Virginia · USRutgers, The State University of New Jersey · USVirginia Commonwealth University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is the leading cause of congenital viral infection, and developing a prophylactic vaccine is of high priority to public health. We recently reported a replication-defective human cytomegalovirus with restored pentameric complex glycoprotein H (gH)/gL/pUL128-131 for prevention of congenital HCMV infection. While the quantity of vaccine-induced antibody responses can be measured in a viral neutralization assay, assessing the quality of such responses, including the ability of vaccine-induced antibodies to cross-neutralize the field strains of HCMV, remains a challenge. In this study, with a panel of neutralizing antibodies from three healthy human donors with natural HCMV infection or a vaccinated animal, we mapped eight sites on the dominant virus-neutralizing antigen-the pentameric complex of glycoprotein H (gH), gL, and pUL128, pUL130, and pUL131. By evaluating the site-specific antibodies in vaccine immune sera, we demonstrated that vaccination elicited functional antiviral antibodies to multiple neutralizing sites in rhesus macaques, with quality attributes comparable to those of CMV hyperimmune globulin. Furthermore, these immune sera showed antiviral activities against a panel of genetically distinct HCMV clinical isolates. These results highlighted the importance of understanding the quality of vaccine-induced antibody responses, which includes not only the neutralizing potency in key cell types but also the ability to protect against the genetically diverse field strains.

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AnimalsAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralAntibody SpecificityCell LineCytomegalovirusCytomegalovirus InfectionsEpitope MappingHumansMacaca mulattaProtein BindingRabbitsVaccinationViral Envelope ProteinsViral VaccinesVirus InternalizationAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, Viralglycoprotein H, CytomegalovirusViral Envelope ProteinsViral Vaccinesantibodiesepitope mappinghuman cytomegalovirusneutralizationpentameric complexstrain coveragevaccines

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PMID28077654
PMCPMC5355600
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