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ArticleVaccines2024

Identification and Quantification of a Pneumococcal Cell Wall Polysaccharide by Antibody-Enhanced Chromatography Assay.

James Z Deng, Zhifeng Chen, James Small, Yue Yuan, Kara Cox, Aimin Tang, Jeanette Roman, Liming Guan, Katrina Feller, Frances Ansbro and 1 more

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Article in Vaccines, 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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11 authors.

James Z DengVaccine Analytical Research & Development, Merck & Co., Inc., 770 Sumneytown Pike, P.O. Box 4, West Point, PA 19486, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6599-7716
Zhifeng ChenInfectious Diseases and Vaccines Research, Merck & Co., Inc., 770 Sumneytown Pike, P.O. Box 4, West Point, PA 19486, USA.
James SmallAnalytical Enabling Capabilities, Merck & Co., Inc., 770 Sumneytown Pike, P.O. Box 4, West Point, PA 19486, USA.
Yue YuanAnalytical Enabling Capabilities, Merck & Co., Inc., 770 Sumneytown Pike, P.O. Box 4, West Point, PA 19486, USA.
Kara CoxInfectious Diseases and Vaccines Research, Merck & Co., Inc., 770 Sumneytown Pike, P.O. Box 4, West Point, PA 19486, USA.
Aimin TangInfectious Diseases and Vaccines Research, Merck & Co., Inc., 770 Sumneytown Pike, P.O. Box 4, West Point, PA 19486, USA.
Jeanette RomanCell Potency Assays, MRL Analytical Research & Development, Merck & Co., Inc., 770 Sumneytown Pike, P.O. Box 4, West Point, PA 19486, USA.
Liming GuanCell Potency Assays, MRL Analytical Research & Development, Merck & Co., Inc., 770 Sumneytown Pike, P.O. Box 4, West Point, PA 19486, USA.
Katrina FellerCell Potency Assays, MRL Analytical Research & Development, Merck & Co., Inc., 770 Sumneytown Pike, P.O. Box 4, West Point, PA 19486, USA.
Frances AnsbroCell Potency Assays, MRL Analytical Research & Development, Merck & Co., Inc., 770 Sumneytown Pike, P.O. Box 4, West Point, PA 19486, USA.
Kalpit VoraInfectious Diseases and Vaccines Research, Merck & Co., Inc., 770 Sumneytown Pike, P.O. Box 4, West Point, PA 19486, USA.

Funding

Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA NA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multivalent pneumococcal vaccines have been developed successfully to combat invasive pneumococcal diseases (IPD) and reduce the associated healthcare burden. These vaccines employ pneumococcal capsular polysaccharides (PnPs), either conjugated or unconjugated, as antigens to provide serotype-specific protection. Pneumococcal capsular polysaccharides used for vaccine often contain residual levels of cell wall polysaccharides (C-Ps), which can generate a non-serotype specific immune response and complicate the desired serotype-specific immunity. Therefore, the C-P level in a pneumococcal vaccine needs to be controlled in the vaccine process and the anti C-P responses need to be dialed out in clinical assays. Currently, two types of cell-wall polysaccharide structures have been identified: a mono-phosphocholine substituted cell-wall polysaccharide C-Ps1 and a di-phosphocholine substituted C-Ps2 structure. In our effort to develop a next-generation novel pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV), we have generated a monoclonal antibody (mAb) specific to cell-wall polysaccharide C-Ps2 structure. An antibody-enhanced HPLC assay (AE-HPLC) has been established for serotype-specific quantification of pneumococcal polysaccharides in our lab. With the new anti C-Ps2 mAb, we herein extend the AE-HPLC assay to the quantification and identification of C-Ps2 species in pneumococcal polysaccharides used for vaccines.

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antibody-enhanced high-performance chromatography (AE-HPLC)cell wall polysaccharidephosphocholine-substituted polysaccharidepneumococcal conjugate vaccine

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PMID38793720
PMCPMC11126027

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