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ArticleiScience2025

MERS-CoV spike vaccine-induced N-terminal domain-specific antibodies are more protective than receptor binding domain-specific antibodies.

Olubukola M Abiona, Nianshuang Wang, Sarah R Leist, Alexandra Schäfer, Adam S Cockrell, Lingshu Wang, Sandhya Bangaru, Laura Stevens, Rachel L Graham, Jacob F Kocher and 23 more

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Article in iScience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

33 authors.

Olubukola M AbionaVaccine Research Center, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Nianshuang WangDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Sarah R LeistDepartment of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Alexandra SchäferDepartment of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Adam S CockrellDepartment of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Lingshu WangVaccine Research Center, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Sandhya BangaruDepartment of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Laura StevensDepartment of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37212, USA.
Rachel L GrahamDepartment of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Jacob F KocherDepartment of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Yaroslav TsybovskyElectron Microscopy Laboratory, Cancer Research Technology Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research Sponsored By the National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
Masaru KanekiyoVaccine Research Center, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Azad KumarVaccine Research Center, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Kaitlyn M MorabitoVaccine Research Center, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Osnat RosenVaccine Research Center, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Wei ShiVaccine Research Center, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Anne WernerVaccine Research Center, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Yi ZhangVaccine Research Center, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Cynthia ZiwawoVaccine Research Center, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Christian K O DzuvorDepartment of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Charis PalandjianDepartment of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Connor EastmanProgram in Virology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 021115, USA.
Hannah R MatthewsDepartment of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Jeswin JosephDepartment of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
James D ChappellDepartment of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37212, USA.
Wing-Pui KongVaccine Research Center, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
John R MascolaVaccine Research Center, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Andrew B WardDepartment of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Mark R DenisonDepartment of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37212, USA.
Ralph BaricDepartment of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Jason S McLellanDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Barney S GrahamVaccine Research Center, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Kizzmekia S Corbett-HelaireVaccine Research Center, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

Funding

VirologyP30AI036214 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI SUSAN JANET LITTLE · 1994 to 2026
$78.4M
Structure-based design of broadly protective coronavirus vaccinesP01AI167966 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Neil King, David Veesler · 2022 to 2026
$15.3M
MOLECULAR BASIS OF VIRAL INFECTIVITYT32AI007245 · NIAID · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI Aaron Gregory Schmidt · 1985 to 2026
$11.3M
Structure, Function and Antigenicity of Coronavirus Spike ProteinsR01AI127521 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI MCLELLAN, JASON SCOTT, WARD, ANDREW BARRETT · 2017 to 2021
$3.1M
CCR NIH HHS HHSN261200800001CNCI NIH HHS HHSN261200800001ENIAID NIH HHS P01 AI167966NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI036214NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI127521NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007245
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic underscores the need to prepare for future emerging coronavriuses (CoVs) by understanding the principles behind effective CoV vaccine design such as protective immunity and antibody responses. To study which epitopes and subdomains contribute to

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PMID39898019
PMCPMC11783452

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