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ArticleVaccines2021

Cellular and Humoral Immunogenicity of a Candidate DNA Vaccine Expressing SARS-CoV-2 Spike Subunit 1.

Khalid A Alluhaybi, Rahaf H Alharbi, Rowa Y Alhabbab, Najwa D Aljehani, Sawsan S Alamri, Mohammad Basabrain, Rehaf Alharbi, Wesam H Abdulaal, Mohamed A Alfaleh, Levi Tamming and 6 more

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Article in Vaccines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Khalid A AlluhaybiVaccines and Immunotherapy Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21859, Saudi Arabia.
Rahaf H AlharbiVaccines and Immunotherapy Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21859, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-9119-8360
Rowa Y AlhabbabVaccines and Immunotherapy Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21859, Saudi Arabia.
Najwa D AljehaniVaccines and Immunotherapy Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21859, Saudi Arabia.
Sawsan S AlamriVaccines and Immunotherapy Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21859, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad BasabrainVaccines and Immunotherapy Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21859, Saudi Arabia.
Rehaf AlharbiVaccines and Immunotherapy Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21859, Saudi Arabia.
Wesam H AbdulaalDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21859, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2510-1946
Mohamed A AlfalehVaccines and Immunotherapy Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21859, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-3716-0019
Levi TammingCentre for Biologics Evaluation, Biologics and Radiopharmaceutical Drug Directorate, Health Products and Food Branch (HPFB), Health Canada and WHO Collaborating Center for Standardization and Evaluation of Biologicals, Ottawa, ON K1A 0K9, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2851-7311
Wanyue ZhangCentre for Biologics Evaluation, Biologics and Radiopharmaceutical Drug Directorate, Health Products and Food Branch (HPFB), Health Canada and WHO Collaborating Center for Standardization and Evaluation of Biologicals, Ottawa, ON K1A 0K9, Canada.
Mazen HassanainDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2441-5142
Abdullah AlgaissiDepartment of Medical Laboratories Technology, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-5386-406X
Adel M AbuzenadahDepartment of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21859, Saudi Arabia.
Xuguang LiCentre for Biologics Evaluation, Biologics and Radiopharmaceutical Drug Directorate, Health Products and Food Branch (HPFB), Health Canada and WHO Collaborating Center for Standardization and Evaluation of Biologicals, Ottawa, ON K1A 0K9, Canada.
Anwar M HashemVaccines and Immunotherapy Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21859, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-8471-7011
King Abdulaziz University · SAHealth Canada · CAJazan University · SAKing Saud University · SA

Funding

Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR) at King Abdulaziz University GCV19-43-1441
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The urgent need for effective, safe and equitably accessible vaccines to tackle the ongoing spread of COVID-19 led researchers to generate vaccine candidates targeting varieties of immunogens of SARS-CoV-2. Because of its crucial role in mediating binding and entry to host cell and its proven safety profile, the subunit 1 (S1) of the spike protein represents an attractive immunogen for vaccine development. Here, we developed and assessed the immunogenicity of a DNA vaccine encoding the SARS-CoV-2 S1. Following in vitro confirmation and characterization, the humoral and cellular immune responses of our vaccine candidate (pVAX-S1) was evaluated in BALB/c mice using two different doses, 25 µg and 50 µg. Our data showed high levels of SARS-CoV-2 specific IgG and neutralizing antibodies in mice immunized with three doses of pVAX-S1. Analysis of the induced IgG subclasses showed a Th1-polarized immune response, as demonstrated by the significant elevation of spike-specific IgG2a and IgG2b, compared to IgG1. Furthermore, we found that the immunization of mice with three doses of 50 µg of pVAX-S1 could elicit significant memory CD4

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cellular and humoral immunogenicityDNA vaccineSARS-CoV-2 vaccine

Identifiers

PMID34451977
PMCPMC8402341
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