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ArticleJournal of virology2023

Alphavirus-based replicons demonstrate different interactions with host cells and can be optimized to increase protein expression.

Francisco Dominguez, Oksana Palchevska, Elena I Frolova, Ilya Frolov

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Article in Journal of virology, 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
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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. The advent of clinical self-amplifying RNA vaccines.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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  9. Alphaviral backbone of self-amplifying RNA enhances protein expression and immunogenicity against SARS-CoV-2 antigen.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Francisco Dominguez *Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Oksana Palchevska *Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5841-1628
Elena I FrolovaDepartment of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6523-9336
Ilya FrolovDepartment of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8548-2517
University of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

Mechanistic role of ns2 protein in evasion of innate immune response by alphavirusesR01AI133159 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI FROLOVA, ELENA I · 2017 to 2021
$3.0M
Alphavirus nsP3 protein: roles of intrinsically disordered region in virus replication and pathogenesisR01AI118867 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI FROLOVA, ELENA I · 2015 to 2019
$1.8M
Mechanism of alphavirus packaging: designing of pseudoinfectious virusesR01AI095449 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI FROLOV, ILYA V. · 2012 to 2016
$1.8M
The Molecular Basis of VEEV PathogenesisR01AI070207 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI FROLOV, ILYA V. · 2008 to 2012
$1.6M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI070207NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI095449NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI118867NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI133159
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

importanceAlphavirus replicons are being developed as self-amplifying RNAs aimed at improving the efficacy of mRNA vaccines. These replicons are convenient for genetic manipulations and can express heterologous genetic information more efficiently and for a longer time than standard mRNAs. However, replicons mimic many aspects of viral replication in terms of induction of innate immune response, modification of cellular transcription and translation, and expression of nonstructural viral genes. Moreover, all replicons used in this study demonstrated expression of heterologous genes in cell- and replicon's origin-specific modes. Thus, many aspects of the interactions between replicons and the host remain insufficiently investigated, and further studies are needed to understand the biology of the replicons and their applicability for designing a new generation of mRNA vaccines. On the other hand, our data show that replicons are very flexible expression systems, and additional modifications may have strong positive impacts on protein expression.

Indexed as

AlphavirusGene Expression Regulation, ViralHost Microbial InteractionsRepliconViral ProteinsmRNA VaccinesRNA, ViralVirus ReplicationmRNA VaccinesRNA, ViralViral Proteinsalphaviruschikungunya viruseastern equine encephalitis virusmRNAprotein expressionrepliconself-amplifying RNASindbis virusvaccinesVenezuelan equine encephalitis virus

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PMID37877718
PMCPMC10688356
OpenAlexW4387931383

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