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ArticleVaccines2023

Independent Protection and Influence of the Spike-Specific Antibody Response of SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Protein (N) in Whole-Virion Vaccines.

Huijie Yang, Ying Xie, Shuaiyao Lu, Yufang Sun, Kaiqin Wang, Shuyan Li, Junzhi Wang, Guoyang Liao, Changgui Li

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Article in Vaccines, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Huijie YangDivsion of Respiratory Virus Vaccines, National Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing 102629, China.
Ying XieInstitute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Kunming 650108, China.
Shuaiyao LuInstitute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Kunming 650108, China.
Yufang SunGraduate School, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511495, China.
Kaiqin WangDivsion of Respiratory Virus Vaccines, National Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing 102629, China.
Shuyan LiDivsion of Respiratory Virus Vaccines, National Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing 102629, China.
Junzhi WangNational Institutes for Food and Drug Control, NMPA Key Laboratory for Quality Research and Evaluation of Biological Products, Beijing 102629, China.
Guoyang LiaoInstitute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Kunming 650108, China.
Changgui LiDivsion of Respiratory Virus Vaccines, National Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing 102629, China.
National Institutes for Food and Drug Control · CNChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNGuangzhou Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Of all of the components in SARS-CoV-2 inactivated vaccines, nucleocapsid protein (N) is the most abundant and highly conserved protein. However, the function of N in these vaccines, especially its influence on the targeted spike protein's response, remains unknown. In this study, the immunization of mice with the N protein alone was shown to reduce the viral load, alleviating pulmonary pathological lesions after challenge with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. In addition, co-immunization and pre-immunization with N were found to induce higher S-specific antibody titers rather than compromise them. Remarkably, the same trend was also observed when N was administered as the booster dose after whole inactivated virus vaccination. N-specific IFN-γ-secreting T cell response was detected in all groups and exhibited a certain relationship with S-specific IgG antibody improvements. Together, these data indicate that N has an independent role in vaccine-induced protection and improves the S-specific antibody response to inactivated vaccines, revealing that an interplay mechanism may exist in the immune responses to complex virus components.

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nucleocapsid proteinSARS-CoV-2S-specific antibody responseT cell responsewhole-virion vaccine

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PMID38006013
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