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ArticleCell reports2021

A single intranasal or intramuscular immunization with chimpanzee adenovirus-vectored SARS-CoV-2 vaccine protects against pneumonia in hamsters.

Traci L Bricker, Tamarand L Darling, Ahmed O Hassan, Houda H Harastani, Allison Soung, Xiaoping Jiang, Ya-Nan Dai, Haiyan Zhao, Lucas J Adams, Michael J Holtzman and 6 more

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Article in Cell reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 135 papers.

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135 citing papers in PubMed, 171 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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16 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Traci L BrickerDepartment of Internal Medicine, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Tamarand L DarlingDepartment of Internal Medicine, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Ahmed O HassanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Houda H HarastaniDepartment of Internal Medicine, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Allison SoungDepartment of Internal Medicine, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Xiaoping JiangDepartment of Internal Medicine, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Ya-Nan DaiDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Haiyan ZhaoDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Lucas J AdamsDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Michael J HoltzmanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Adam L BaileyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
James Brett CaseDepartment of Internal Medicine, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Daved H FremontDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Robyn KleinDepartment of Internal Medicine, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Department of Neuroscience, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Michael S DiamondDepartment of Internal Medicine, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Department of Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Adrianus C M BoonDepartment of Internal Medicine, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Department of Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. Electronic address: jboon@wustl.edu.
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARD-MEDICAL SCIENTISTT32GM007200 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI YOKOYAMA, WAYNE M. · 1985 to 2024
$59.8M
COVID Supplement B Cell Epitope Discovery and Mechanisms of Antibody Protection.75N93019C00062 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI FREMONT, DAVED · 2019 to 2023
$11.7M
Emerging infections: surveillance, epidemiology and pathogenesisU01AI151810 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Adrianus CM Boon, DAVID WANG · 2020 to 2026
$10.0M
Defining and Controlling Airway DiseaseR35HL145242 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI HOLTZMAN, MICHAEL J · 2019 to 2025
$6.6M
Human antibody-based countermeasures against the Wuhan Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2R01AI157155 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BARIC, RALPH S, CROWE, JAMES E · 2020 to 2024
$6.0M
IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF RNA STRUCTURES IN THE GENOME OF INFLUENZA VIRUSR01AI139251 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BOON, ADRIANUS CM · 2018 to 2021
$2.0M
The Role of IFI35 in Innate Immunity and Influenza PathogenesisR01AI118938 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BOON, ADRIANUS CM · 2016 to 2020
$1.9M
NHLBI NIH HHS R35 HL145242NIAID NIH HHS 75N93019C00062NIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201400018CNIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201700060CNIAID NIH HHS R01 AI118938NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI139251NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI157155NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI151810NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007200
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of an effective vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the etiologic agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is a global priority. Here, we compare the protective capacity of intranasal and intramuscular delivery of a chimpanzee adenovirus-vectored vaccine encoding a prefusion stabilized spike protein (chimpanzee adenovirus [ChAd]-SARS-CoV-2-S) in Golden Syrian hamsters. Although immunization with ChAd-SARS-CoV-2-S induces robust spike-protein-specific antibodies capable of neutralizing the virus, antibody levels in serum are higher in hamsters vaccinated by an intranasal compared to intramuscular route. Accordingly, against challenge with SARS-CoV-2, ChAd-SARS-CoV-2-S-immunized hamsters are protected against less weight loss and have reduced viral infection in nasal swabs and lungs, and reduced pathology and inflammatory gene expression in the lungs, compared to ChAd-control immunized hamsters. Intranasal immunization with ChAd-SARS-CoV-2-S provides superior protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection and inflammation in the upper respiratory tract. These findings support intranasal administration of the ChAd-SARS-CoV-2-S candidate vaccine to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection, disease, and possibly transmission.

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ChAd vectored vaccineintranasal immunizationSARS-CoV-2Syrian hamster

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PMID34245672
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