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ArticleMolecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy2022

A dual-antigen self-amplifying RNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine induces potent humoral and cellular immune responses and protects against SARS-CoV-2 variants through T cell-mediated immunity.

Sean McCafferty, A K M Ashiqul Haque, Aster Vandierendonck, Brian Weidensee, Magalie Plovyt, Magdalena Stuchlíková, Nathalie François, Sophie Valembois, Leo Heyndrickx, Johan Michiels and 7 more

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Article in Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

30 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Sean McCaffertyZiphius Vaccines NV, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium; Laboratory of Gene Therapy, Department of Veterinary and Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium. Electronic address: sean.mccafferty@ziphius.org.
A K M Ashiqul HaqueZiphius Vaccines NV, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.
Aster VandierendonckZiphius Vaccines NV, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.
Brian WeidenseeZiphius Vaccines NV, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.
Magalie PlovytZiphius Vaccines NV, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.
Magdalena StuchlíkováZiphius Vaccines NV, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.
Nathalie FrançoisLaboratory of Gene Therapy, Department of Veterinary and Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.
Sophie ValemboisZiphius Vaccines NV, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.
Leo HeyndrickxVirology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium.
Johan MichielsVirology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium.
Kevin K AriënVirology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium; Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium.
Linos VandekerckhoveHIV Cure and Research Center, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Rana AbdelnabiUniversity of Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Caroline S FooUniversity of Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Johan NeytsUniversity of Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; Global Virus Network (GVN), Baltimore, MD, USA.
Itishri SahuZiphius Vaccines NV, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium. Electronic address: itishri.sahu@ziphius.org.
Niek N SandersLaboratory of Gene Therapy, Department of Veterinary and Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium; Cancer Research Institute (CRIG), Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Ghent University · BERega Institute for Medical Research · BEInstituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde · BEInstituut voor Landbouw en Visserijonderzoek · BEUniversity of Antwerp · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Self-amplifying RNA vaccines may induce equivalent or more potent immune responses at lower doses compared to non-replicating mRNA vaccines via amplified antigen expression. In this paper, we demonstrate that 1 μg of an LNP-formulated dual-antigen self-amplifying RNA vaccine (ZIP1642), encoding both the S-RBD and N antigen, elicits considerably higher neutralizing antibody titers against Wuhan-like Beta B.1.351 and Delta B.1.617.2 SARS-CoV-2 variants compared to those of convalescent patients. In addition, ZIP1642 vaccination in mice expanded both S- and N-specific CD3

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COVID-19Viral VaccinesAnimalsAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCOVID-19 VaccinesCricetinaeHumansImmunity, CellularImmunity, HumoralMiceMice, Inbred BALB CmRNA VaccinesRNASARS-CoV-2Antibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralCOVID-19 VaccinesmRNA VaccinesRNAVaccines, SyntheticViral Vaccinescell-mediated immunityCOVID-19COVID-19 vaccinedual-antigen saRNA vaccineSARS-CoV-2self-amplifying RNAvariants of concern

Identifiers

PMID35450821
PMCPMC9020838
OpenAlexW4224293932

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