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ArticleJHEP reports : innovation in hepatology2024

Introducing adjuvant-loaded particulate hepatitis B core antigen as an alternative therapeutic hepatitis B vaccine component.

Jinpeng Su, Zahra Harati Taji, Anna D Kosinska, Edanur Ates Oz, Zhe Xie, Pavlo Bielytskyi, Mikhail Shein, Philipp Hagen, Shohreh Esmaeili, Katja Steiger and 2 more

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Article in JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Functional Cure for Hepatitis B Virus: Challenges and Achievements.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jinpeng SuInstitute of Virology, Technical University of Munich / Helmholtz Munich, 81675, Munich, Germany.
Zahra Harati TajiLudwig Maximilians University of Munich, 81377, Munich, Germany.
Anna D KosinskaInstitute of Virology, Technical University of Munich / Helmholtz Munich, 81675, Munich, Germany.
Edanur Ates OzInstitute of Virology, Technical University of Munich / Helmholtz Munich, 81675, Munich, Germany.
Zhe XieInstitute of Virology, Technical University of Munich / Helmholtz Munich, 81675, Munich, Germany.
Pavlo BielytskyiBavarian NMR Center, Technical University of Munich, 85748, Garching, Germany.
Mikhail SheinLudwig Maximilians University of Munich, 81377, Munich, Germany.
Philipp HagenInstitute of Virology, Technical University of Munich / Helmholtz Munich, 81675, Munich, Germany.
Shohreh EsmaeiliLudwig Maximilians University of Munich, 81377, Munich, Germany.
Katja SteigerComparative Experimental Pathology, Institute of Pathology, School of Medicine and Health, Technical University Munich, 81675, Munich, Germany.
Ulrike ProtzerInstitute of Virology, Technical University of Munich / Helmholtz Munich, 81675, Munich, Germany.
Anne K SchützLudwig Maximilians University of Munich, 81377, Munich, Germany.
Helmholtz Zentrum München · DETechnical University of Munich · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background & Aims: Particulate hepatitis B core antigen (HBcoreAg) is a potent immunogen used as a vaccine carrier platform. HBcoreAg produced in Methods: Results: While HBcoreAg retained its structure upon Conclusion: Adjuvant-loaded HBcoreAg retained capsid integrity and stability, was as immunogenic Impact and implications: Hepatitis B core antigen (HBcoreAg) recapitulates the capsid of the HBV that hosts the viral genome. Produced recombinantly, it is not infectious but emerges as a potent immunogen in vaccine development. In this preclinical study, we show that loading HBcoreAg with defined nucleic-acid-based adjuvants on the one hand stabilizes the HBcoreAg with standardized capsid content and, on the other hand, efficiently promotes the immunity of HBcoreAg and a co-administered antigen, allowing for reduced adjuvant doses. Therefore, adjuvant-loaded HBcoreAg not only serves as an encouraging option for therapeutic hepatitis B vaccines, but could also act as an efficient adjuvant delivery system for other types of vaccine.

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adjuvant packagingchronic hepatitis Bparticulate protein antigentherapeutic vaccineTherVacB

Identifiers

PMID38425450
PMCPMC10904195
OpenAlexW4390458049

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