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ArticleAAPS PharmSciTech2024

Preclinical Development of a Novel Epitope-based DNA Vaccine Candidate against SARS-CoV-2 and Evaluation of Immunogenicity in BALB/c Mice.

Kanwal Khalid, Hui Xuan Lim, Ayaz Anwar, Soon Hao Tan, Jung Shan Hwang, Seng-Kai Ong, Chit Laa Poh

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Article in AAPS PharmSciTech, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kanwal KhalidCentre for Virus and Vaccine Research, School of Medical and Life Sciences, Sunway University, Bandar Sunway, 47500, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
Hui Xuan LimCentre for Virus and Vaccine Research, School of Medical and Life Sciences, Sunway University, Bandar Sunway, 47500, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
Ayaz AnwarDepartment of Biological Sciences, School of Medical and Life Sciences, Sunway University, Bandar Sunway, 47500, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
Soon Hao TanDepartment of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Jung Shan HwangDepartment of Medical Sciences, School of Medical and Life Sciences, Sunway University, Bandar Sunway, 47500, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
Seng-Kai OngDepartment of Biological Sciences, School of Medical and Life Sciences, Sunway University, Bandar Sunway, 47500, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
Chit Laa PohCentre for Virus and Vaccine Research, School of Medical and Life Sciences, Sunway University, Bandar Sunway, 47500, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. chitlaa.poh@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8475-6291
Sunway University · MYUniversity of Malaya · MY

Funding

Sunway University Sunway University Internal Grant Scheme (GRTIN-IGS(02)-CVVR-11-2023)Sunway University Sunway University Internal Grant Scheme (GRTIN-IGS(02)-DBS-10-2022)Sunway University Sunway University Research Grant 2021 (GRTIN-RF-01-2021)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The protective efficacies of current licensed vaccines against COVID-19 have significantly reduced as a result of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs) which carried multiple mutations in the Spike (S) protein. Considering that these vaccines were developed based on the S protein of the original SARS-CoV-2 Wuhan strain, we designed a recombinant plasmid DNA vaccine based on highly conserved and immunogenic B and T cell epitopes against SARS-CoV-2 Wuhan strain and the Omicron VOC. Literature mining and bioinformatics were used to identify 6 immunogenic peptides from conserved regions of the SARS-CoV-2 S and membrane (M) proteins. Nucleotide sequences encoding these peptides representing highly conserved B and T cell epitopes were cloned into a pVAX1 vector to form the pVAX1/S2-6EHGFP recombinant DNA plasmid vaccine. The DNA vaccine was intranasally or intramuscularly administered to BALB/c mice and evaluations of humoral and cellular immune responses were performed. The intramuscular administration of pVAX1/S2-6EHGFP was associated with a significantly higher percentage of CD8

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COVID-19Vaccines, DNAAnimalsAntibodies, ViralCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCOVID-19 VaccinesEpitopes, T-LymphocyteHumansMiceMice, Inbred BALB CPeptidesSARS-CoV-2Antibodies, ViralCOVID-19 VaccinesEpitopes, T-LymphocytePeptidesVaccines, DNADNA vaccinenext-generationSARS-CoV-2VOCs

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PMID38472523
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