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ArticleViruses2020

Attenuated Influenza Virions Expressing the SARS-CoV-2 Receptor-Binding Domain Induce Neutralizing Antibodies in Mice.

Andrea N Loes, Lauren E Gentles, Allison J Greaney, Katharine H D Crawford, Jesse D Bloom

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Article in Viruses, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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32citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Andrea N LoesDivision of Basic Sciences and Computational Biology Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
Lauren E GentlesDivision of Basic Sciences and Computational Biology Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2532-412X
Allison J GreaneyDivision of Basic Sciences and Computational Biology Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
Katharine H D CrawfordDivision of Basic Sciences and Computational Biology Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
Jesse D BloomDivision of Basic Sciences and Computational Biology Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1267-3408
University of Washington · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · US

Funding

University of Washington Medical Scientist Training Program: MD/PhDT32GM007266 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI HORWITZ, MARSHALL S. · 1985 to 2023
$30.4M
Viral Pathogenesis Training ProgramT32AI083203 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI BLOOM, JESSE D, LAGUNOFF, MICHAEL · 2009 to 2023
$2.7M
High-throughput experiments to guide influenza vaccine strain selectionR01AI127893 · NIAID · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI BLOOM, JESSE D · 2016 to 2020
$2.1M
Prospectively characterizing the functional and antigenic effects of mutations to viral entry proteinsR01AI141707 · NIAID · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI BLOOM, JESSE D · 2018 to 2022
$2.1M
Complete mapping of the functional and antigenic effects of mutations to Lassa virus glycoproteinF30AI149928 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI CRAWFORD, KATHARINE HOLT DUSENBURY · 2020 to 2021
$91k
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator AwardNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases R01AI141707, R01AI127893, F30AI149928National Science Foundation DGE-1762114NIAID NIH HHS F30 AI149928NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI127893NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI141707NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI083203NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007266
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An effective vaccine is essential for controlling the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Here, we describe an influenza virus-based vaccine for SARS-CoV-2. We incorporated a membrane-anchored form of the SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor binding domain (RBD) in place of the neuraminidase (NA) coding sequence in an influenza virus also possessing a mutation that reduces the affinity of hemagglutinin for its sialic acid receptor. The resulting ΔNA(RBD)-Flu virus can be generated by reverse genetics and grown to high titers in cell culture. A single-dose intranasal inoculation of mice with ΔNA(RBD)-Flu elicits serum neutralizing antibody titers against SAR-CoV-2 comparable to those observed in humans following natural infection (~1:200). Furthermore, ΔNA(RBD)-Flu itself causes no apparent disease in mice. It might be possible to produce a vaccine similar to ΔNA(RBD)-Flu at scale by leveraging existing platforms for the production of influenza vaccines.

Indexed as

COVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesPandemicsAdministration, IntranasalAnimalsAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralCoronavirus InfectionsFertilityInfluenza A virusMiceSARS-CoV-2Spike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusVirionAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralCOVID-19 VaccinesSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusinfluenzaintranasallive attenuated vaccineRBDSARS-CoV-2spike

Identifiers

PMID32899480
PMCPMC7552029
OpenAlexW3083561132

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