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ArticleMolecular therapy. Nucleic acids2023

Self-replicating RNA nanoparticle vaccine elicits protective immune responses against SARS-CoV-2.

Guibin Lin, Huan Yan, Jing Sun, Jincun Zhao, Yuan Zhang

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Article in Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Guibin LinThe Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511442, China.
Huan YanThe Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511442, China.
Jing SunState Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510182, China.
Jincun ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510182, China.
Yuan ZhangThe Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511442, China.
South China University of Technology · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The creation of safe and effective vaccines that induce potent cellular and humoral immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 is urgently needed to end the global COVID-19 epidemic. Here, we developed an alphavirus-derived self-replicating RNA (repRNA)-based vaccine platform encoding the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein. The repRNA triggers prolonged antigen expression compared with conventional mRNA due to the replication machinery of repRNA. To improve the delivery and vaccine efficacy of repRNA, we developed a self-assembling liposome-protamine-RNA (LPR) nanoparticle with highly efficient encapsulation and transfection of repRNA. LPR-repRNA vaccines substantially activated type I interferon response and innate immune signaling pathways. Subcutaneous immunization of LPR-repRNA-RBD led to prolonged antigen expression, stimulation of innate immune cells, and induction of germinal center response in draining lymph nodes. LPR-repRNA-RBD induced antigen-specific T cell responses and skewed cellular immunity toward an effector memory CD8

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anti-RBD IgG antibodygerminal center responseinnate immune signalingliposome-protamine-RNA nanoparticleMT: Oligonucleotides: Therapies and Applicationspseudovirus neutralizationSARS-CoV-2 RBDSelf-replicating RNAT-cell response

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PMID37151990
PMCPMC10122567
OpenAlexW4366754881

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