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ArticleVaccines2020

GMMA Is a Versatile Platform to Design Effective Multivalent Combination Vaccines.

Francesca Micoli, Renzo Alfini, Roberta Di Benedetto, Francesca Necchi, Fabiola Schiavo, Francesca Mancini, Martina Carducci, Elena Palmieri, Cristiana Balocchi, Gianmarco Gasperini and 5 more

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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 57 papers.

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57citing papers in PubMed
7.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

57 citing papers in PubMed, 80 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

15 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Francesca MicoliGSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health (GVGH) S.r.l., 53100 Siena, Italy.
Renzo AlfiniGSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health (GVGH) S.r.l., 53100 Siena, Italy.
Roberta Di BenedettoGSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health (GVGH) S.r.l., 53100 Siena, Italy.
Francesca NecchiGSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health (GVGH) S.r.l., 53100 Siena, Italy.
Fabiola SchiavoGSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health (GVGH) S.r.l., 53100 Siena, Italy.
Francesca ManciniGSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health (GVGH) S.r.l., 53100 Siena, Italy.
Martina CarducciGSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health (GVGH) S.r.l., 53100 Siena, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6633-567X
Elena PalmieriGSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health (GVGH) S.r.l., 53100 Siena, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1248-5389
Cristiana BalocchiGSK, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Gianmarco GasperiniGSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health (GVGH) S.r.l., 53100 Siena, Italy.
Brunella BrunelliGSK, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Paolo CostantinoGSK, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Roberto AdamoGSK, 53100 Siena, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5228-6088
Diego PiccioliGSK, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Allan SaulGSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health (GVGH) S.r.l., 53100 Siena, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0665-4091
Toscana Life Sciences · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Technology platforms are an important strategy to facilitate the design, development and implementation of vaccines to combat high-burden diseases that are still a threat for human populations, especially in low- and middle-income countries, and to address the increasing number and global distribution of pathogens resistant to antimicrobial drugs. Generalized Modules for Membrane Antigens (GMMA), outer membrane vesicles derived from engineered Gram-negative bacteria, represent an attractive technology to design affordable vaccines. Here, we show that GMMA, decorated with heterologous polysaccharide or protein antigens, leads to a strong and effective antigen-specific humoral immune response in mice. Importantly, GMMA promote enhanced immunogenicity compared to traditional formulations (e.g., recombinant proteins and glycoconjugate vaccines), without negative impact to the anti-GMMA immune response. Our findings support the use of GMMA as a "plug and play" technology for the development of effective combination vaccines targeting different bugs at the same time.

Indexed as

glycoconjugateGMMAOuter Membrane Vesicles (OMV)vaccine

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PMID32957610
PMCPMC7564227
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