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ArticleFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2024

A novel approach to designing viral precision vaccines applied to SARS-CoV-2.

Khaled Trabelsi, Noureddin Ben Khalaf, Ahmed R Ramadan, Amany Elsharkawy, Dana Ashoor, Sadok Chlif, Thouraya Boussoffara, Melika Ben-Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar, M-Dahmani Fathallah

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Article in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Khaled TrabelsiHealth Biotechnology Program, King Fahad Chair for Health Biotechnology, Department of Life Sciences College of Graduate Studies, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain.
Noureddin Ben KhalafHealth Biotechnology Program, King Fahad Chair for Health Biotechnology, Department of Life Sciences College of Graduate Studies, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain.
Ahmed R RamadanHealth Biotechnology Program, King Fahad Chair for Health Biotechnology, Department of Life Sciences College of Graduate Studies, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain.
Amany ElsharkawyDepartment of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States.
Dana AshoorHealth Biotechnology Program, King Fahad Chair for Health Biotechnology, Department of Life Sciences College of Graduate Studies, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain.
Sadok ChlifDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain.
Thouraya BoussoffaraTransmission, Control and Immunobiology of Infections Laboratory, Institute Pasteur of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia.
Melika Ben-AhmedTransmission, Control and Immunobiology of Infections Laboratory, Institute Pasteur of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia.
Mukesh KumarDepartment of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States.
M-Dahmani FathallahHealth Biotechnology Program, King Fahad Chair for Health Biotechnology, Department of Life Sciences College of Graduate Studies, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain.
Arabian Gulf University · BHGeorgia State University · USInstitut Pasteur de Tunis · TN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Efficient precision vaccines against several highly pathogenic zoonotic viruses are currently lacking. Proteolytic activation is instrumental for a number of these viruses to gain host-cell entry and develop infectivity. For SARS-CoV-2, this process is enhanced by the insertion of a furin cleavage site at the junction of the spike protein S1/S2 subunits upstream of the metalloprotease TMPRSS2 common proteolytic site. Here, we describe a new approach based on specific epitopes selection from the region involved in proteolytic activation and infectivity for the engineering of precision candidate vaccinating antigens. This approach was developed through its application to the design of SARS-CoV-2 cross-variant candidates vaccinating antigens. It includes an

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COVID-19Viral VaccinesAnimalsAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralEpitopesHumansMiceSARS-CoV-2Antibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralEpitopesViral Vaccinesantigen (Ag)infectivityprecisionSARS-CoV-2vaccine

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PMID38628551
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