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ReviewNPJ vaccines2021

Protein engineering strategies for rational immunogen design.

Timothy M Caradonna, Aaron G Schmidt

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Review in NPJ vaccines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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49 citing papers in PubMed.

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  14. Molecular divergence and convergence of mammalian antibody responses to the influenza virus hemagglutinin stem.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Timothy M CaradonnaRagon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA. caradonna@crystal.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7138-4441
Aaron G SchmidtRagon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA. aschmidt@crystal.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3627-2553

Funding

Collaborative Influenza Vaccine Innovation Centers (CIVICs): Component A: Vaccine Center75N93019C00050 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI MOODY, TONY · 2019 to 2025
$69.1M
Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM007753 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI WALENSKY, LOREN DAVID · 1985 to 2021
$50.0M
Virology CoreP01AI089618 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI Sarah M Valencia · 2011 to 2026
$40.0M
MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS TRAINING GRANTT32GM008313 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI MURTHY, VENKATESH N · 1989 to 2023
$14.6M
Epitope focusing to the receptor binding motif for a universal coronavirus vaccineR01AI146779 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI SCHMIDT, AARON GREGORY · 2019 to 2023
$4.2M
NIAID NIH HHS 75N93019C00050NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI089618NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI146779NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007753NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008313U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Contract 75N93019C00050U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) P01AI89618U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) R01AI146779
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibody immunodominance refers to the preferential and asymmetric elicitation of antibodies against specific epitopes on a complex protein antigen. Traditional vaccination approaches for rapidly evolving pathogens have had limited success in part because of this phenomenon, as elicited antibodies preferentially target highly variable regions of antigens, and thus do not confer long lasting protection. While antibodies targeting functionally conserved epitopes have the potential to be broadly protective, they often make up a minority of the overall repertoire. Here, we discuss recent protein engineering strategies used to favorably alter patterns of immunodominance, and selectively focus antibody responses toward broadly protective epitopes in the pursuit of next-generation vaccines for rapidly evolving pathogens.

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PMID34921149
PMCPMC8683408

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