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Tetravalent Immunogen Assembled from Conserved Regions of HIV-1 and Delivered as mRNA Demonstrates Potent Preclinical T-Cell Immunogenicity and Breadth.

Nathifa Moyo, Edmund G Wee, Bette Korber, Kapil Bahl, Samantha Falcone, Sunny Himansu, Adrianne L Wong, Antu K Dey, Mark Feinberg, Tomáš Hanke

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Article in Vaccines, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. mRNA-based HIV-1 vaccines.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2024
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  13. HIV T-cell immunogen design and delivery.Current opinion in HIV and AIDS · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Nathifa MoyoThe Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3203-9463
Edmund G WeeThe Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK.
Bette KorberLos Alamo National Laboratory, Theoretical Biology and Biophysics, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA.
Kapil BahlModerna Inc., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Samantha FalconeModerna Inc., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Sunny HimansuModerna Inc., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7954-9674
Adrianne L WongInternational AIDS Vaccine Initiative-New York, New York, NY 10004, USA.
Antu K DeyInternational AIDS Vaccine Initiative-New York, New York, NY 10004, USA.
Mark FeinbergInternational AIDS Vaccine Initiative-New York, New York, NY 10004, USA.
Tomáš HankeThe Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK.
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative · USModerna Therapeutics (United States) · USUniversity of Oxford · GBLos Alamos National Laboratory · US

Funding

Optimizing glycan shield coverage, germline B cell receptor binding and epitope diversity of V2-apex targeted HIV-1 Env immunogensR37AI150590 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Beatrice H Hahn · 2019 to 2026
$6.9M
Medical Research Council G1001757Medical Research Council G1001757 and MR/N023668/1Medical Research Council MR/N023668/1NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI150590
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A vaccine will likely be one of the key tools for ending the HIV-1/AIDS epidemic by preventing HIV-1 spread within uninfected populations and achieving a cure for people living with HIV-1. The currently prevailing view of the vaccine field is to introduce protective antibodies, nevertheless, a vaccine to be effective may need to harness protective T cells. We postulated that focusing a T-cell response on the most vulnerable regions of the HIV-1 proteome while maximizing a perfect match between the vaccine and circulating viruses will control HIV-1 replication. We currently use a combination of replication-deficient simian (chimpanzee) adenovirus and poxvirus modified vaccinia virus Ankara to deliver bivalent conserved-mosaic immunogens to human volunteers. Here, we exploit the mRNA platform by designing tetravalent immunogens designated as HIVconsvM, and demonstrate that mRNA formulated in lipid nanoparticles induces potent, broad and polyfunctional T-cell responses in a pre-clinical model. These results support optimization and further development of this vaccine strategy in experimental medicine trials in humans.

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conserved regionsHIVconsvHIVconsvXHIV vaccinemRNA vaccinesT cell vaccine

Identifiers

PMID32640600
PMCPMC7563622
OpenAlexW3040654971

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