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ArticleVaccines2020

Optimized Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) E2 Glycoproteins and their Immunogenicity in Combination with MVA-HCV.

María Q Marín, Kwinten Sliepen, Juan García-Arriaza, Sylvie M Koekkoek, Patricia Pérez, Carlos Óscar S Sorzano, Carmen E Gómez, Rogier W Sanders, Mariano Esteban

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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 6 papers.

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0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. 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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  5. 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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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

María Q MarínDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), 28049 Madrid, Spain.
Kwinten SliepenDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Amsterdam Infection & Immunity Institute, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, 1105AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1414-0648
Juan García-ArriazaDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), 28049 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5167-5724
Sylvie M KoekkoekDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Amsterdam Infection & Immunity Institute, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, 1105AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Patricia PérezDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), 28049 Madrid, Spain.
Carlos Óscar S SorzanoBiocomputing Unit, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), 28049 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9473-283X
Carmen E GómezDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), 28049 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5414-7935
Rogier W SandersDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Amsterdam Infection & Immunity Institute, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, 1105AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Mariano EstebanDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), 28049 Madrid, Spain.
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas · ESAmsterdam University Medical Centers · NLCornell University · US

Funding

Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad SAF-2013-45232-RMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad SAF-2017-88089-R
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) represents a major global health challenge and an efficient vaccine is urgently needed. Many HCV vaccination strategies employ recombinant versions of the viral E2 glycoprotein. However, recombinant E2 readily forms disulfide-bonded aggregates that might not be optimally suited for vaccines. Therefore, we have designed an E2 protein in which we strategically changed eight cysteines to alanines (E2.C8A). E2.C8A formed predominantly monomers and virtually no aggregates. Furthermore, E2.C8A also interacted more efficiently with broadly neutralizing antibodies than conventional E2. We used mice to evaluate different prime/boost immunization strategies involving a modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) expressing the nearly full-length genome of HCV (MVA-HCV) in combination with either the E2 aggregates or the E2.C8A monomers. The combined MVA-HCV/E2 aggregates prime/boost strategy markedly enhanced HCV-specific effector memory CD4

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antibodiesCD4 and CD8 T cellscysteinesdisulfide bondsE2 proteinHCVimmune responsesmiceMVAvaccine

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PMID32764419
PMCPMC7563715
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