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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Transplacental Antibody Transfer of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Specific IgG in Non-Human Primate Mother-Infant Pairs.

Michael P Citron, Jessica McAnulty, Cheryl Callahan, Walter Knapp, Jane Fontenot, Pablo Morales, Jessica A Flynn, Cameron M Douglas, Amy S Espeseth

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 25% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michael P CitronInfectious Disease & Vaccines, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA.
Jessica McAnultyInfectious Disease & Vaccines, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8962-4690
Cheryl CallahanInfectious Disease & Vaccines, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA.
Walter KnappSafety Assessment and Laboratory Animal Resources, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA.
Jane FontenotThe New Iberia Research Center, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, New Iberia, LA 70560, USA.
Pablo MoralesThe Mannheimer Foundation, Homestead, FL 33034, USA.
Jessica A FlynnInfectious Disease & Vaccines, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA.
Cameron M DouglasInfectious Disease & Vaccines, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA.
Amy S EspesethInfectious Disease & Vaccines, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA.
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) · USUniversity of Louisiana at Lafayette · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

One approach to protect new-borns against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is to vaccinate pregnant women in the last trimester of pregnancy. The boosting of circulating antibodies which can be transferred to the foetus would offer immune protection against the virus and ultimately the disease. Since non-human primates (NHPs) have similar reproductive anatomy, physiology, and antibody architecture and kinetics to humans, we utilized this preclinical species to evaluate maternal immunization (MI) using an RSV F subunit vaccine. Three species of NHPs known for their ability to be infected with human RSV in experimental challenge studies were tested for RSV-specific antibodies. African green monkeys had the highest overall antibody levels of the old-world monkeys evaluated and they gave birth to offspring with anti-RSV titers that were proportional to their mother. These higher overall antibody levels are associated with greater durability found in their offspring. Immunization of RSV seropositive AGMs during late pregnancy boosts RSV titers, which consequentially results in significantly higher titers in the vaccinated new-borns compared to the new-borns of unvaccinated mothers. These findings, accomplished in small treatment group sizes, demonstrate a model that provides an efficient, resource sparing and translatable preclinical in vivo system for evaluating vaccine candidates for maternal immunization.

Indexed as

animal modelmaternal antibodymaternal immunizationnon-human primaterespiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

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PMID34832599
PMCPMC8624788
OpenAlexW3214078482

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