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ArticleNature communications2023

An interferon-integrated mucosal vaccine provides pan-sarbecovirus protection in small animal models.

Chun-Kit Yuen, Wan-Man Wong, Long-Fung Mak, Joy-Yan Lam, Lok-Yi Cheung, Derek Tsz-Yin Cheung, Yau-Yee Ng, Andrew Chak-Yiu Lee, Nanshan Zhong, Kwok-Yung Yuen and 1 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. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Chun-Kit Yuen *Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2646-2054
Wan-Man Wong *Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Long-Fung Mak *Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Joy-Yan LamDepartment of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-6614-0300
Lok-Yi CheungDepartment of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Derek Tsz-Yin CheungDepartment of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Yau-Yee NgDepartment of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Andrew Chak-Yiu LeeDepartment of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Nanshan ZhongDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, China State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou, 510120, China.
Kwok-Yung YuenDepartment of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2083-1552
Kin-Hang KokDepartment of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. khkok@hku.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3426-332X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A pan-sarbecovirus or pan-betacoronavirus vaccine that can prevent current and potential future beta-coronavirus infections is important for fighting possible future pandemics. Here, we report a mucosal vaccine that cross-protects small animal models from sarbecoviruses including SARS-CoV-1, SARS-CoV-2 and its variants. The vaccine comprises a live-but-defective SARS-CoV-2 virus that is envelope deficient and has the orf8 segment replaced by interferon-beta, hence named Interferon Beta Integrated SARS-CoV-2 (IBIS) vaccine. Nasal vaccination with IBIS protected mice from lethal homotypic SARS-CoV-2 infection and hamsters from co-housing-mediated transmission of homotypic virus. Moreover, IBIS provided complete protection against heterotypic sarbecoviruses, including SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron variants, and SARS-CoV-1 in both mice and hamsters. Besides inducing a strong lung CD8 + T cell response, IBIS specifically heightened the activation of mucosal virus-specific CD4 + T cells compared to the interferon-null vaccine. The direct production of interferon by IBIS also suppressed virus co-infection of SARS-CoV-2 in human cells, reducing the risk of genetic recombination when using as live vaccines. Altogether, IBIS is a next-generation pan-sarbecovirus vaccine and warrants further clinical investigations.

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InterferonsSevere acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirusAnimalsAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralCricetinaeHumansInterferon-betaMiceModels, AnimalSARS-CoV-2Spike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusVaccines, AttenuatedAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralInterferon-betaInterferonsSpike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusVaccines, Attenuated

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PMID37875475
PMCPMC10598001

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