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ArticleVaccines2023

Trivalent SARS-CoV-2 S1 Subunit Protein Vaccination Induces Broad Humoral Responses in BALB/c Mice.

Muhammad S Khan, Eun Kim, Shaohua Huang, Thomas W Kenniston, Andrea Gambotto

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Article in Vaccines, 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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7citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Muhammad S KhanDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Eun KimDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Shaohua HuangDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Thomas W KennistonDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Andrea GambottoDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Validation, CLIA and Qualification (VQC): Enhancing the RS ratio as a tool for AIDS Clinical Trial Group (ACTG) tuberculosis trialsUM1AI106701 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Grace M Aldrovandi · 2014 to 2026
$116.8M
New Strategy to Improve Gastrointestinal Health in SIV/HIVR01DK119936 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI APETREI, CRISTIAN · 2018 to 2022
$5.1M
U01 Proposal Transfer - 2021U01CA233085 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI GAMBOTTO, ANDREA, KOZBOR, DANUTA B · 2019 to 2019
$4.1M
NCI NIH HHS U01 CA233085NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI106701NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK119936
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper presents a novel approach for improving the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines against emergent SARS-CoV-2 variants. We have evaluated the immunogenicity of unadjuvanted wild-type (WU S1-RS09cg) and variant-specific (Delta S1-RS09cg and OM S1-RS09cg) S1 subunit protein vaccines delivered either as a monovalent or a trivalent antigen in BALB/c mice. Our results show that a trivalent approach induced a broader humoral response with more coverage against antigenically distinct variants, especially when compared to monovalent Omicron-specific S1. This trivalent approach was also found to have increased or equivalent ACE2 binding inhibition, and increased S1 IgG endpoint titer at early timepoints, against SARS-CoV-2 spike variants when compared monovalent Wuhan, Delta, or Omicron S1. Our results demonstrate the utility of protein subunit vaccines against COVID-19 and provide insights into the impact of variant-specific COVID-19 vaccine approaches on the immune response in the current SARS-CoV-2 variant landscape. Particularly, our study provides insight into effects of further increasing valency of currently approved SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, a promising approach for improving protection to curtail emerging viral variants.

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COVID-19Deltanext-generation COVID-19 vaccinesOmicronS1 recombinant proteinSARS-CoV-2subunit vaccinetrivalent

Identifiers

PMID36851191
PMCPMC9967783
OpenAlexW4318822883

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