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ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2017

Designing a B Cell-Based Vaccine against a Highly Variable Hepatitis C Virus.

Thomas R Fuerst, Brian G Pierce, Zhen-Yong Keck, Steven K H Foung

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07422896 (A Phase I First-in-human Trial of Bvax), which is not on this map. Cited by 38 papers.

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38citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT07422896 phase1not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

A Phase I First-in-human Trial of Bvax (B-cell Vaccination) in Addition to Standard of Care Chemoradiotherapy for Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma

TypeinterventionalSponsorCatalina Lee ChangRan2026 to 2030Enrolled25ConditionsGlioblastomaArmsB-cell vaccination
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Bispecific antibodies against the hepatitis C virus E1E2 envelope glycoprotein.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  9. Signatures of VNature communications · 2023
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  20. Design of a native-like secreted form of the hepatitis C virus E1E2 heterodimer.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Thomas R FuerstInstitute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, Rockville, MD, United States.
Brian G PierceInstitute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, Rockville, MD, United States.
Zhen-Yong KeckDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States.
Steven K H FoungDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States.
Stanford University · USUniversity of Maryland, College Park · US

Funding

Structure-Based Vaccine Design for Hepatits C VirusR01AI132213 · NIAID · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI ANDRIANOV, ALEXANDER, FOUNG, STEVEN · 2017 to 2021
$6.0M
Project 2 - FranceU19AI123862 · NIAID · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI FOUNG, STEVEN · 2016 to 2020
$3.9M
Structure-based HCV vaccine designR21AI126582 · NIAID · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI FOUNG, STEVEN, MARIUZZA, ROY A · 2016 to 2017
$440k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI132213NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI126582NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI123862
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ability to use structure-based design and engineering to control the molecular shape and reactivity of an immunogen to induce protective responses shows great promise, along with corresponding advancements in vaccine testing and evaluation systems. We describe in this review new paradigms for the development of a B cell-based HCV vaccine. Advances in test systems to measure

Indexed as

antigenic domainsepitopeshepatitis C virushuman monoclonal antibodiesvaccine designvirus neutralization

Identifiers

PMID29379486
PMCPMC5775222
OpenAlexW2784238948

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Registered trials

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