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ArticleNature communications2025

Recombinant expression systems for production of stabilised virus-like particles as next-generation polio vaccines.

Lee Sherry, Mohammad W Bahar, Claudine Porta, Helen Fox, Keith Grehan, Veronica Nasta, Helen M E Duyvesteyn, Luigi De Colibus, Johanna Marsian, Inga Murdoch and 13 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors.

Lee Sherry *Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4367-772X
Mohammad W Bahar *Division of Structural Biology, University of Oxford, The Henry Wellcome Building for Genomic Medicine, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2350-2682
Claudine Porta *Division of Structural Biology, University of Oxford, The Henry Wellcome Building for Genomic Medicine, Oxford, UK.
Helen Fox *Division of Vaccines, Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Herts, UK.
Keith GrehanAstbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3976-756X
Veronica NastaDivision of Structural Biology, University of Oxford, The Henry Wellcome Building for Genomic Medicine, Oxford, UK.
Helen M E DuyvesteynDivision of Structural Biology, University of Oxford, The Henry Wellcome Building for Genomic Medicine, Oxford, UK.
Luigi De ColibusDivision of Structural Biology, University of Oxford, The Henry Wellcome Building for Genomic Medicine, Oxford, UK.
Johanna MarsianJohn Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.
Inga MurdochJohn Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.
Daniel PonndorfJohn Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.
Seong-Ryong KimJohn Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.
Sachin ShahJohn Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.
Sarah CarlyleDivision of Vaccines, Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Herts, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7158-8134
Jessica J SwansonAstbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Sue MatthewsAstbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Clare NicolAstbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
George P LomonossoffJohn Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK. george.lomonossoff@jic.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0700-906X
Andrew J MacadamDivision of Vaccines, Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Herts, UK. andrew.macadam@mhra.gov.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8687-1573
Elizabeth E FryDivision of Structural Biology, University of Oxford, The Henry Wellcome Building for Genomic Medicine, Oxford, UK. elizabeth.fry@strubi.ox.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9754-5303
David I StuartDivision of Structural Biology, University of Oxford, The Henry Wellcome Building for Genomic Medicine, Oxford, UK. dave.stuart@strubi.ox.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3426-4210
Nicola J StonehouseAstbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. n.j.stonehouse@leeds.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1146-5519
David J RowlandsAstbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. d.j.rowlands@leeds.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4742-9272

Funding

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) RG.IMCB.I8-TSA-083Wellcome TrustWorld Health Organization (WHO) RG.IMCB.I8-TSA-083
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polioviruses have caused crippling disease in humans for centuries, prior to the successful development of vaccines in the mid-1900's, which dramatically reduced disease prevalence. Continued use of these vaccines, however, threatens ultimate disease eradication and achievement of a polio-free world. Virus-like particles (VLPs) that lack a viral genome represent a safer potential vaccine, although they require particle stabilization. Using our previously established genetic techniques to stabilize the structural capsid proteins, we demonstrate production of poliovirus VLPs of all three serotypes, from four different recombinant expression systems. We compare the antigenicity, thermostability and immunogenicity of these stabilized VLPs against the current inactivated polio vaccine, demonstrating equivalent or superior immunogenicity in female Wistar rats. Structural analyses of these recombinant VLPs provide a rational understanding of the stabilizing mutations and the role of potential excipients. Collectively, we have established these poliovirus stabilized VLPs as viable next-generation vaccine candidates for the future.

Indexed as

PoliomyelitisPoliovirusPoliovirus VaccinesVaccines, Virus-Like ParticleAnimalsAntibodies, ViralCapsid ProteinsFemaleHumansImmunogenicity, VaccinePoliovirus Vaccine, InactivatedRatsRats, WistarAntibodies, ViralCapsid ProteinsPoliovirus Vaccine, InactivatedPoliovirus VaccinesVaccines, Virus-Like Particle

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PMID39827284
PMCPMC11742952

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