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ArticleNPJ vaccines2023

Human in vitro modeling of adjuvant formulations demonstrates enhancement of immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 antigen.

Simon Doss-Gollin, Sanya Thomas, Byron Brook, Kimia Abedi, Célia Lebas, Floriane Auderset, Yamile Lugo-Rodriguez, Guzman Sanchez-Schmitz, David J Dowling, Ofer Levy and 1 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 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Precision adjuvants for pediatric vaccines.Science translational medicine · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Simon Doss-Gollin *Precision Vaccines Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8797-7452
Sanya Thomas *Precision Vaccines Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3648-9461
Byron BrookPrecision Vaccines Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3184-8285
Kimia AbediPrecision Vaccines Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-8574-8217
Célia LebasVaccine Formulation Institute, 1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva, Switzerland.
Floriane AudersetVaccine Formulation Institute, 1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva, Switzerland.
Yamile Lugo-RodriguezPrecision Vaccines Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Guzman Sanchez-SchmitzPrecision Vaccines Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3566-7505
David J DowlingPrecision Vaccines Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1095-6156
Ofer LevyPrecision Vaccines Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5859-1945
Simon D van HarenPrecision Vaccines Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. simon.vanharen@childrens.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1791-0161
Boston Children's Hospital · USBroad Institute · US

Funding

Small-molecule adjuvants to enhance the efficacy of flu vaccines in newborns and the elderly75N93019C00044 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI LEVY, OFER · 2019 to 2023
$11.0M
Proteomics and Metabolomics Core: IDEAL shapes vaccine response, susceptibility to respiratory infectious disease and asthmaU19AI168643 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI OFER LEVY · 2022 to 2026
$10.0M
Dissecting the mechanism of age-specific adjuvant synergy in vitro and in vivoU01AI124284 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI LEVY, OFER · 2016 to 2020
$2.9M
NIAID NIH HHS 75N93019C00044NIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201400052CNIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201800047CNIAID NIH HHS U01 AI124284NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI168643
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adjuvants can enhance vaccine immunogenicity, but their mechanism of action is often incompletely understood, hampering rapid applicability for pandemic vaccines. Herein, we characterized the cellular and molecular activity of adjuvant formulations available for pre-clinical evaluation, including several developed for global open access. We applied four complementary human in vitro platforms to assess individual and combined adjuvants in unformulated, oil-in-water, and liposomal delivery platforms. Liposomal co-formulation of MPLA and QS-21 was most potent in promoting dendritic cell maturation, selective production of Th1-polarizing cytokines, and activation of SARS-CoV-2 Spike-specific CD4

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PMID37884538
PMCPMC10603059
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