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ArticleNature communications2025

Mechanistic insights into the structure-based design of a CspZ-targeting Lyme disease vaccine.

Kalvis Brangulis, Jill Malfetano, Ashley L Marcinkiewicz, Alan Wang, Yi-Lin Chen, Jungsoon Lee, Zhuyun Liu, Xiuli Yang, Ulrich Strych, Dagnija Tupina and 6 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 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Kalvis BrangulisLatvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Riga, Latvia. kalvis@biomed.lu.lv.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0757-7462
Jill MalfetanoDivision of Infectious Diseases, Wadsworth Center, NYSDOH, Albany, NY, USA.
Ashley L MarcinkiewiczDivision of Infectious Diseases, Wadsworth Center, NYSDOH, Albany, NY, USA.
Alan WangDivision of Infectious Diseases, Wadsworth Center, NYSDOH, Albany, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-6814-3626
Yi-Lin ChenDepartment of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Jungsoon LeeDepartment of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Zhuyun LiuDepartment of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Xiuli YangDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Ulrich StrychDepartment of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9455-7683
Dagnija TupinaLatvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Riga, Latvia.
Inara AkopjanaLatvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Riga, Latvia.
Maria-Elena BottazziDepartment of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8429-0476
Utpal PalDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7504-4628
Ching-Lin HsiehDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA. karstyoyo@gmail.com.
Wen-Hsiang ChenDepartment of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. Wen-Hsiang.Chen@bcm.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0542-1598
Yi-Pin LinDivision of Infectious Diseases, Wadsworth Center, NYSDOH, Albany, NY, USA. Yi-Pin.Lin@tufts.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5240-2031

Funding

Multivalent Tick-Microbe targeted Lyme disease vaccinesR01AI154542 · NIAID · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI PAL, UTPAL, SCHNELL, MATTHIAS JOHANNES · 2020 to 2025
$3.5M
Immunomodulatory mechanisms of wild bird reservoir hosts that facilitate persistence of Lyme disease bacteriaR01AI181746 · NIAID · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI Yi-Pin Lin · 2024 to 2026
$2.5M
FH-Fc as a Pre-Exposure Prophylactic for Tickborne DiseaseR44AI152954 · NIAID · PLANET BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC. · PI LIN, YI-PIN, WYCOFF, KEITH · 2022 to 2023
$2.0M
Identification of the mechanism of protection against a B. burgdorferi protein CspZ for the prevention of Lyme diseaseR21AI144891 · NIAID · WADSWORTH CENTER · PI BOTTAZZI, MARIA ELENA, LIN, YI-PIN · 2020 to 2021
$441k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI154542NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI181746NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI144891NIAID NIH HHS R44 AI152954United States Department of Defense | United States Army | Army Medical Command | Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) W81XWH-20-1-0913U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) R01AI154542U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) R01AI181746U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) R21AI144891U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) R44AI152954
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb) causes Lyme disease (LD), one of the most common vector-borne diseases in the Northern Hemisphere. Here, we solve the crystal structure of a mutated Bb vaccine antigen, CspZ-YA that lacks the ability to bind to host complement factor H (FH). We generate point mutants of CspZ-YA and identify CspZ-YA

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Bacterial ProteinsBorrelia burgdorferiLyme DiseaseLyme Disease VaccinesAnimalsAntibodies, BacterialAntibodies, MonoclonalAntigens, BacterialComplement Factor HCrystallography, X-RayFemaleHumansMiceModels, MolecularAntibodies, BacterialAntibodies, MonoclonalAntigens, BacterialBacterial ProteinsComplement Factor HLyme Disease Vaccines

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PMID40189575
PMCPMC11973211

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