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ArticleNPJ vaccines2022

A novel intradermal tattoo-based injection device enhances the immunogenicity of plasmid DNA vaccines.

Alejandro M Gomez, George Giorgi Babuadze, Marc-André Plourde-Campagna, Hiva Azizi, Alice Berger, Robert Kozak, Marc-Antoine de La Vega, Ara Xiii, Maedeh Naghibosadat, Marie-Edith Nepveu-Traversy and 2 more

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Article in NPJ vaccines, 2022. 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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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Alejandro M GomezDépartement de Microbiologie-Infectiologie et Immunologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6955-5977
George Giorgi BabuadzeBiological Sciences Platform, University Toronto, Sunnybrook Research Institute at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Marc-André Plourde-CampagnaDépartement de Génie Mécanique, Université Laval, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada.
Hiva AziziDépartement de Microbiologie-Infectiologie et Immunologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada.
Alice BergerDépartement de Microbiologie-Infectiologie et Immunologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada.
Robert KozakBiological Sciences Platform, University Toronto, Sunnybrook Research Institute at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Marc-Antoine de La VegaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA.
Ara XiiiDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA.
Maedeh NaghibosadatBiological Sciences Platform, University Toronto, Sunnybrook Research Institute at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Marie-Edith Nepveu-TraversyGlobal Urgent and Advanced Research and Development (GuardRX), Batiscan, QC, G0X 1A0, Canada.
Jean RuelDépartement de Génie Mécanique, Université Laval, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6936-4943
Gary P KobingerDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA. gakobing@utmb.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0612-2298
Université Laval · CASunnybrook Health Science Centre · CAThe University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · US

Funding

Gouvernement du Canada | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Instituts de Recherche en Santé du Canada) OVV-152411
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, tattooing technology has shown promising results toward evaluating vaccines in both animal models and humans. However, this technology has some limitations due to variability of experimental evaluations or operator procedures. The current study evaluated a device (intradermal oscillating needle array injection device: IONAID) capable of microinjecting a controlled dose of any aqueous vaccine into the intradermal space. IONAID-mediated administration of a DNA-based vaccine encoding the glycoprotein (GP) from the Ebola virus resulted in superior T- and B-cell responses with IONAID when compared to single intramuscular (IM) or intradermal (ID) injection in mice. Moreover, humoral immune responses, induced after IONAID vaccination, were significantly higher to those obtained with traditional passive DNA tattooing in guinea pigs and rabbits. This device was well tolerated and safe during HIV vaccine delivery in non-human primates (NHPs), while inducing robust immune responses. In summary, this study shows that the IONAID device improves vaccine performance, which could be beneficial to the animal and human health, and importantly, provide a dose-sparing approach (e.g., monkeypox vaccine).

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