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ArticleJournal of virology2017

Computationally Optimized Broadly Reactive Hemagglutinin Elicits Hemagglutination Inhibition Antibodies against a Panel of H3N2 Influenza Virus Cocirculating Variants.

Terianne M Wong, James D Allen, Anne-Gaelle Bebin-Blackwell, Donald M Carter, Timothy Alefantis, Joshua DiNapoli, Harold Kleanthous, Ted M Ross

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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 74 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Terianne M WongCenter for Vaccines and Immunology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
James D AllenCenter for Vaccines and Immunology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
Anne-Gaelle Bebin-BlackwellCenter for Vaccines and Immunology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
Donald M CarterCenter for Vaccines and Immunology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
Timothy AlefantisSanofi-Pasteur, Inc., Discovery Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Joshua DiNapoliSanofi-Pasteur, Inc., Discovery Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Harold KleanthousSanofi-Pasteur, Inc., Discovery Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Ted M RossCenter for Vaccines and Immunology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA tedross@uga.edu.
University of Georgia · USSanofi (United States) · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Each influenza season, a set of wild-type viruses, representing one H1N1, one H3N2, and one to two influenza B isolates, are selected for inclusion in the annual seasonal influenza vaccine. In order to develop broadly reactive subtype-specific influenza vaccines, a methodology called computationally optimized broadly reactive antigens (COBRA) was used to design novel hemagglutinin (HA) vaccine immunogens. COBRA technology was effectively used to design HA immunogens that elicited antibodies that neutralized H5N1 and H1N1 isolates. In this report, the development and characterization of 17 prototype H3N2 COBRA HA proteins were screened in mice and ferrets for the elicitation of antibodies with HA inhibition (HAI) activity against human seasonal H3N2 viruses that were isolated over the last 48 years. The most effective COBRA HA vaccine regimens elicited antibodies with broader HAI activity against a panel of H3N2 viruses than wild-type H3 HA vaccines. The top leading COBRA HA candidates were tested against cocirculating variants. These variants were not efficiently detected by antibodies elicited by the wild-type HA from viruses selected as the vaccine candidates. The T-11 COBRA HA vaccine elicited antibodies with HAI and neutralization activity against all cocirculating variants from 2004 to 2007. This is the first report demonstrating broader breadth of vaccine-induced antibodies against cocirculating H3N2 strains compared to the wild-type HA antigens that were represented in commercial influenza vaccines.

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AnimalsAntibodies, ViralComputer-Aided DesignFerretsHemagglutination Inhibition TestsHemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza VirusHumansInfluenza A Virus, H3N2 SubtypeInfluenza, HumanInfluenza VaccinesMiceOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsVaccines, Virus-Like ParticleAntibodies, ViralHemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza VirusInfluenza VaccinesVaccines, Virus-Like ParticleCOBRAH3N2hemagglutination-inhibitioninfluenzamice

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PMID28978710
PMCPMC5709590
OpenAlexW2761938871

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