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ArticleMediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseases2020

Development of an Improved Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Neutralizing Antibody Assay to Facilitate Development of a Prophylactic gp350-Subunit EBV Vaccine.

Hui Liu, Lorraine Gemmell, Rui Lin, Fengrong Zuo, Henry H Balfour, Jennifer C Woo, Gregory M Hayes

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Article in Mediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseases, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Hui LiuAstraZeneca, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA.
Lorraine GemmellAstraZeneca, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA.
Rui LinAstraZeneca, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA.
Fengrong ZuoAstraZeneca, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA.
Henry H BalfourUniversity of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Jennifer C WooAstraZeneca, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA.
Gregory M HayesAstraZeneca, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA.
AstraZeneca (Brazil) · BRUniversity of Minnesota Medical Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

No licensed vaccine is available for prevention of EBV-associated diseases, and robust, high-throughput bioanalytical assays are needed to evaluate immunogenicity of gp350 subunit-based candidate EBV vaccines. Here we have developed an improved EBV-GFP based neutralization assay for such a vaccine's pre-clinical and clinical validation to measure EBV specific neutralizing antibodies in human donors. The supplementation of guinea pig complement of our previously published high-throughput EBV-GFP fluorescent focus (FFA)-based neutralization assay allowed the detection of complement-dependent neutralizing antibodies using a panel of heat-inactivated healthy human sera. Anti-gp350 antibody titers, which were evaluated using a previously optimized anti-gp350 IgG ELISA assay, were moderately correlated to the FFA-based neutralization titers. Overall, this improved high-throughput neutralization assay is capable of characterizing the serologic neutralizing antibody response to natural EBV infection, with applications in evaluating EBV antibody status in epidemiologic studies and immunogenicity of candidate gp350-subunit EBV vaccines in clinical studies.

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Anti-gp350 IgG ELISAEpstein-Barr VirusGp350Neutralization assayVaccine

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PMID32180911
PMCPMC7059750
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