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ReviewVaccines2021

Strategies Targeting Hemagglutinin as a Universal Influenza Vaccine.

Brianna L Bullard, Eric A Weaver

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In one paragraph

Review in Vaccines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
52citing papers in PubMed
6.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

52 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Anti-idiotypic antibodies as molecular mimics of conserved influenza hemagglutinin epitopes.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2026
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  7. mRNA Vaccines for Influenza: Hope for a Universal Vaccine?BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2026
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  8. Stabilized mosaic hemagglutinin immunogens as novel universal influenza virus vaccines.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026
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  16. Clinical development of therapeutic mRNA applications.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Brianna L BullardNebraska Center for Virology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68504, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6702-0079
Eric A WeaverNebraska Center for Virology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68504, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5029-0662
University of Nebraska–Lincoln · US

Funding

Rapid Manufacturing of a Universal Flu Vaccine Using TMV-conjugated Centralized AntigensR01AI147109 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN · PI MCCORMICK, ALISON ANNE, WEAVER, ERIC A · 2020 to 2024
$3.2M
Comparative Virology Research Training ProgramT32AI125207 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN · PI WEAVER, ERIC A · 2016 to 2020
$844k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI147109NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI125207NIH HHS R01AI147109
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Influenza virus has significant viral diversity, both through antigenic drift and shift, which makes development of a vaccine challenging. Current influenza vaccines are updated yearly to include strains predicted to circulate in the upcoming influenza season, however this can lead to a mismatch which reduces vaccine efficacy. Several strategies targeting the most abundant and immunogenic surface protein of influenza, the hemagglutinin (HA) protein, have been explored. These strategies include stalk-directed, consensus-based, and computationally derived HA immunogens. In this review, we explore vaccine strategies which utilize novel antigen design of the HA protein to improve cross-reactive immunity for development of a universal influenza vaccine.

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Identifiers

PMID33805749
PMCPMC7998911
OpenAlexW3137796232

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Registered trials

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