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ReviewExpert review of vaccines2018

Universal influenza vaccines: from viruses to nanoparticles.

Ye Wang, Lei Deng, Sang-Moo Kang, Bao-Zhong Wang

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Review in Expert review of vaccines, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. mRNA Vaccines for Influenza: Hope for a Universal Vaccine?BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2026
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  15. The Delivery of mRNA Vaccines for Therapeutics.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ye Wanga Center for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection , Georgia State University Institute for Biomedical Sciences , Atlanta , GA , USA.
Lei Denga Center for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection , Georgia State University Institute for Biomedical Sciences , Atlanta , GA , USA.
Sang-Moo Kanga Center for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection , Georgia State University Institute for Biomedical Sciences , Atlanta , GA , USA.
Bao-Zhong Wanga Center for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection , Georgia State University Institute for Biomedical Sciences , Atlanta , GA , USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1561-4318
Georgia State University · US

Funding

Novel Influenza nano vaccines for broad cross protectionR01AI101047 · NIAID · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WANG, BAOZHONG · 2012 to 2023
$6.1M
Influenza vaccines inducing broadly cross protective immunityR01AI093772 · NIAID · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI KANG, SANG-MOO · 2011 to 2020
$4.2M
Novel vaccine to enhance breadth of influenza immunity by skin vaccinationR01AI116835 · NIAID · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WANG, BAOZHONG · 2015 to 2018
$2.4M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI093772NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI101047NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI116835
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe current seasonal influenza vaccine confers only limited protection due to waning antibodies or the antigenic shift and drift of major influenza surface antigens. A universal influenza vaccine which induces broad cross-protection against divergent influenza viruses with a comparable or better efficacy to seasonal influenza vaccines against matched strains will negate the need for an annual update of vaccine strains and protect against possible influenza pandemics. AREAS COVERED: In this review, we summarize the recent progress in nanoparticle-based universal influenza vaccine development. We compared the most potent nanoparticle categories, focusing on how they encapsulate conserved influenza epitopes, stimulate the innate and adaptive immune systems, exhibit antigen depot effect, extend the period for antigen-processing and presentation, and exert an intrinsic adjuvant effect on inducing robust immune responses. EXPERT COMMENTARY: The development of an effective universal influenza vaccine is an urgent task. Traditional influenza vaccine approaches are not sufficient for preventing recurrent epidemics or occasional pandemics. Nanoparticles are compatible with different immunogens and immune stimulators and can overcome the intrinsically low immunogenicity of conserved influenza virus antigens. We foresee that an affordable universal influenza vaccine will be available within ten years by integrating nanoparticles with other targeted delivery and controlled release technology.

Indexed as

NanoparticlesAdaptive ImmunityAdjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsAntigens, ViralCross ProtectionHumansImmunity, InnateInfluenza, HumanInfluenza VaccinesAdjuvants, ImmunologicAntigens, ViralInfluenza VaccinesHA stalk antigeninfluenza virusmicroneedlenanoparticleseasonal influenza vaccineuniversal influenza vaccine

Identifiers

PMID30365905
PMCPMC6300164
OpenAlexW2898601628

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