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Broad vaccine protection against Neisseria meningitidis using factor H binding protein.

Jamie Findlow, Christopher D Bayliss, Peter T Beernink, Ray Borrow, Paul Liberator, Paul Balmer

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Review in Vaccine, 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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6citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Jamie FindlowVaccine Medical Development, Scientific and Clinical Affairs, Pfizer Ltd, Tadworth, UK. Electronic address: Jamie.Findlow@pfizer.com.
Christopher D BaylissDepartment of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK. Electronic address: cdb12@leicester.ac.uk.
Peter T BeerninkDepartment of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Electronic address: peter.beernink@ucsf.edu.
Ray BorrowPublic Health England, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK. Electronic address: ray.borrow@phe.gov.uk.
Paul LiberatorVaccine Research and Development, Pfizer Inc, Pearl River, NY, USA. Electronic address: Paul.Liberator@pfizer.com.
Paul BalmerVaccine Medical Development, Scientific and Clinical Affairs, Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, USA. Electronic address: Paul.Balmer@pfizer.com.
Pfizer (United States) · USPfizer (United Kingdom) · GBPublic Health England · GBUniversity of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of Leicester · GB

Funding

The effect of binding of fH to meningococcal fHbp vaccine on antibody protectionR01AI114701 · NIAID · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RES CTR AT OAKLAND · PI BEERNINK, PETER T. · 2015 to 2019
$3.3M
Improved protein-based meningococcal serogroup B vaccinesR01AI134868 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI BEERNINK, PETER T. · 2018 to 2022
$3.2M
Medical Research Council MC_PC_16051Medical Research Council MR/S009264/1NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI114701NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI134868Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neisseria meningitidis, the causative agent of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD), is classified into different serogroups defined by their polysaccharide capsules. Meningococcal serogroups A, B, C, W, and Y are responsible for most IMD cases, with serogroup B (MenB) causing a substantial percentage of IMD cases in many regions. Vaccines using capsular polysaccharides conjugated to carrier proteins have been successfully developed for serogroups A, C, W, and Y. However, because the MenB capsular polysaccharide is poorly immunogenic, MenB vaccine development has focused on alternative antigens. The 2 currently available MenB vaccines (MenB-4C and MenB-FHbp) both include factor H binding protein (FHbp), a surface-exposed protein harboured by nearly all meningococcal isolates that is important for survival of the bacteria in human blood. MenB-4C contains a nonlipidated FHbp from subfamily B in addition to other antigens, including Neisserial Heparin Binding Antigen, Neisserial adhesin A, and outer membrane vesicles, whereas MenB-FHbp contains a lipidated FHbp from each subfamily (A and B). FHbp is highly immunogenic and a main target of bactericidal activity of antibodies elicited by both licensed MenB vaccines. FHbp is also an important vaccine component, in contrast to some other meningococcal antigens that may have limited cross-protection across strains, as FHbp-specific antibodies can provide broad cross-protection within each subfamily. Limited cross-protection between subfamilies necessitates the inclusion of FHbp variants from both subfamilies to achieve broad FHbp-based vaccine coverage. Additionally, immune responses to the lipidated form of FHbp have a superior cross-reactive profile to those elicited by the nonlipidated form. Taken together, the inclusion of lipidated FHbp variants from both FHbp subfamilies is expected to provide broad protection against the diverse disease-causing meningococcal strains expressing a wide range of FHbp sequence variants. This review describes the development of vaccines for MenB disease prevention, with a focus on the FHbp antigen.

Indexed as

Meningococcal InfectionsMeningococcal VaccinesNeisseria meningitidisNeisseria meningitidis, Serogroup BAntigens, BacterialBacterial ProteinsCarrier ProteinsComplement Factor HHumansAntigens, BacterialBacterial ProteinsCarrier ProteinsComplement Factor HMeningococcal VaccinesFactor H binding proteinImmune selectionMeningococcal serogroup B vaccineNeisseria meningitidis

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PMID32878710
PMCPMC8082720
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