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ArticleNature communications2023

Unmodified rabies mRNA vaccine elicits high cross-neutralizing antibody titers and diverse B cell memory responses.

Fredrika Hellgren, Alberto Cagigi, Rodrigo Arcoverde Cerveira, Sebastian Ols, Theresa Kern, Ang Lin, Bengt Eriksson, Michael G Dodds, Edith Jasny, Kim Schwendt and 6 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
6.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Fredrika Hellgren *Division of Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Alberto Cagigi *Division of Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Rodrigo Arcoverde Cerveira *Division of Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-1145-2534
Sebastian OlsDivision of Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-9784-7176
Theresa KernDivision of Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0009-0000-0151-5442
Ang LinDivision of Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Bengt ErikssonAstrid Fagraeus Laboratory, Comparative Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Michael G DoddsCertara USA, Inc, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Edith JasnyCureVac SE, Tübingen, Germany.
Kim SchwendtCureVac SE, Tübingen, Germany.
Conrad FreulingInstitute for Molecular Virology and Cell Biology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Greifswald, Germany.
Thomas MüllerInstitute for Molecular Virology and Cell Biology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Greifswald, Germany.
Martin CorcoranDepartment of Microbiology and Tumor Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Gunilla B Karlsson HedestamDepartment of Microbiology and Tumor Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Benjamin PetschCureVac SE, Tübingen, Germany.
Karin LoréDivision of Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. karin.lore@ki.se.ORCID 0000-0001-7679-9494
Karolinska University Hospital · SEKarolinska Institutet · SECertara (United States) · USCureVac (Germany) · DEFriedrich-Loeffler-Institut · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Licensed rabies virus vaccines based on whole inactivated virus are effective in humans. However, there is a lack of detailed investigations of the elicited immune response, and whether responses can be improved using novel vaccine platforms. Here we show that two doses of a lipid nanoparticle-formulated unmodified mRNA vaccine encoding the rabies virus glycoprotein (RABV-G) induces higher levels of RABV-G specific plasmablasts and T cells in blood, and plasma cells in the bone marrow compared to two doses of Rabipur in non-human primates. The mRNA vaccine also generates higher RABV-G binding and neutralizing antibody titers than Rabipur, while the degree of somatic hypermutation and clonal diversity of the response are similar for the two vaccines. The higher overall antibody titers induced by the mRNA vaccine translates into improved cross-neutralization of related lyssavirus strains, suggesting that this platform has potential for the development of a broadly protective vaccine against these viruses.

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RabiesRabies VaccinesRabies virusAnimalsAntibodies, ViralBroadly Neutralizing AntibodiesGlycoproteinsHumansRNA, MessengerAntibodies, ViralBroadly Neutralizing AntibodiesGlycoproteinsRabies VaccinesRNA, Messenger

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PMID37349310
PMCPMC10287699
OpenAlexW4381681686

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