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ArticleScience advances2023

Design of a pan-betacoronavirus vaccine candidate through a phylogenetically informed approach.

Eric Lewitus, Hongjun Bai, Morgane Rolland

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Article in Science advances, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Strategies of rational and structure-driven vaccine design for Arenaviruses.Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Eric LewitusU.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6459-2437
Hongjun BaiU.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3501-3974
Morgane RollandU.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3650-8490

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronaviruses are a diverse family of viruses that crossed over into humans at least seven times, precipitating mild to catastrophic outcomes. The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic renewed efforts to identify strains with zoonotic potential and to develop pan-coronavirus vaccines. The analysis of 2181 coronavirus genomes (from 102 host species) confirmed the limited sequence conservation across genera (alpha-, beta-, delta-, and gammacoronavirus) and proteins. A phylogenetically informed pan-coronavirus vaccine was not feasible because of high genetic heterogeneity across genera. We focused on betacoronaviruses and identified nonhuman-infecting receptor binding domain (RBD) sequences that were more genetically similar to human coronaviruses than expected given their phylogenetic divergence. These human-like RBDs defined three phylogenetic clusters. A vaccine candidate based on a representative sequence for each cluster covers the diversity estimated to protect against existing and future human-infecting betacoronaviruses. Our findings emphasize the potential value of conceptualizing prophylaxis against zoonoses in terms of genetic, rather than species, diversity.

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PMID36652518
PMCPMC9848278

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