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ArticleNPJ vaccines2023

ASP-2/Trans-sialidase chimeric protein induces robust protective immunity in experimental models of Chagas' disease.

Julia T Castro, Rory Brito, Natalia S Hojo-Souza, Bárbara Azevedo, Natalia Salazar, Camila P Ferreira, Caroline Junqueira, Ana Paula Fernandes, Ronnie Vasconcellos, Jamille M Cardoso and 11 more

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Article in NPJ vaccines, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 14 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

21 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Julia T CastroCentro de Tecnologia em Vacinas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Parque Tecnológico de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Rory BritoUniversidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7591-5331
Natalia S Hojo-SouzaCentro de Tecnologia em Vacinas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Parque Tecnológico de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3308-5149
Bárbara AzevedoCentro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou, Fundação Osvaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Natalia SalazarCentro de Tecnologia em Vacinas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Parque Tecnológico de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Camila P FerreiraUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Caroline JunqueiraCentro de Tecnologia em Vacinas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Parque Tecnológico de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0545-0986
Ana Paula FernandesCentro de Tecnologia em Vacinas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Parque Tecnológico de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Ronnie VasconcellosUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Jamille M CardosoUniversidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brazil.
Rodrigo D O Aguiar-SoaresUniversidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brazil.
Paula M A VieiraUniversidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brazil.
Cláudia M CarneiroUniversidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brazil.
Bruno ValiateCentro de Tecnologia em Vacinas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Parque Tecnológico de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Cristiane ToledoCentro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou, Fundação Osvaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Andres M SalazarOncovir, Inc, Washington, USA.
Otávia CaballeroOrygen, LTDA, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Joseli Lannes-VieiraFundação Osvaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Santuza R TeixeiraCentro de Tecnologia em Vacinas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Parque Tecnológico de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Alexandre B ReisUniversidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8123-4164
Ricardo T GazzinelliCentro de Tecnologia em Vacinas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Parque Tecnológico de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. ricardo.gazzinelli@fiocruz.br.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2427-7699
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais · BRUniversidade Federal de Ouro Preto · BRFundação Oswaldo Cruz · BRUniversidade Federal de São Paulo · BROncovir (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunization with the Amastigote Surface Protein-2 (ASP-2) and Trans-sialidase (TS) antigens either in the form of recombinant protein, encoded in plasmids or human adenovirus 5 (hAd5) confers robust protection against various lineages of Trypanosoma cruzi. Herein we generated a chimeric protein containing the most immunogenic regions for T and B cells from TS and ASP-2 (TRASP) and evaluated its immunogenicity in comparison with our standard protocol of heterologous prime-boost using plasmids and hAd5. Mice immunized with TRASP protein associated to Poly-ICLC (Hiltonol) were highly resistant to challenge with T. cruzi, showing a large decrease in tissue parasitism, parasitemia and no lethality. This protection lasted for at least 3 months after the last boost of immunization, being equivalent to the protection induced by DNA/hAd5 protocol. TRASP induced high levels of T. cruzi-specific antibodies and IFNγ-producing T cells and protection was primarily mediated by CD8

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PMID37258518
PMCPMC10231858
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