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ArticleNature communications2025

An mRNA vaccine encoding five conserved Group A Streptococcus antigens.

Nichaela Harbison-Price, Ismail Sebina, Rhiannon A Bolton, Meredith Finn, Amanda J Cork, Isabel G Courtney, Steven Hancock, Ruby Pelingon, Johanna Richter, Olivia Ericsson and 15 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 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. T cells in Group AFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

25 authors.

Nichaela Harbison-Price *Centre for Superbug Solutions, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5794-1923
Ismail Sebina *Frazer Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Rhiannon A Bolton *Frazer Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8407-7309
Meredith Finn *Moderna TX, 325 Binney Street, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Amanda J CorkCentre for Superbug Solutions, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2207-6877
Isabel G CourtneyFrazer Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Steven HancockCentre for Superbug Solutions, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7203-2640
Ruby PelingonCentre for Superbug Solutions, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7295-088X
Johanna RichterCentre for Superbug Solutions, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2043-0003
Olivia EricssonModerna TX, 325 Binney Street, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Shannon GreenModerna TX, 325 Binney Street, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Celeste CuellarModerna TX, 325 Binney Street, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Laura DavisCentre for Superbug Solutions, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-7555-9107
Brody PullingerCentre for Superbug Solutions, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7215-7865
Jack NaCentre for Superbug Solutions, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Gayathiri ElangovanCentre for Superbug Solutions, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
David M P De OliveiraCentre for Superbug Solutions, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5085-7163
Bodie F CurrenCentre for Superbug Solutions, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1165-6406
Nia BickhamCentre for Superbug Solutions, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Miguel AguirreCentre for Superbug Solutions, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-2494-6893
Christina DoldModerna TX, 325 Binney Street, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2314-507X
Stephan Brouwer *Centre for Superbug Solutions, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9777-2992
Obadiah Plante *Moderna TX, 325 Binney Street, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Gabrielle T Belz *Frazer Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9660-9587
Mark J Walker *Centre for Superbug Solutions, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. mark.walker@uq.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7423-2769

Funding

Department of Health | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) GNT1194130Department of Health | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) GNT2008542Department of Health | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) GNT2030826
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A commercial vaccine to address the high global burden of Group A Streptococcus (GAS) disease is an urgent and unmet medical need. Messenger RNA (mRNA) lipid-nanoparticle (LNP) vaccines represent a largely untapped platform for targeting bacterial pathogens. Here, we evaluate the immunogenicity and preclinical efficacy of a multicomponent mRNA-LNP vaccine formulation based on the GAS vaccine, Combo#5. Combo#5 mRNA-LNP antigens confer protection from infection in mouse intraperitoneal and subcutaneous challenge models. Combo#5 mRNA-LNP vaccination generates significantly increased frequencies and numbers of effector type CD4+ and CD8 + T cells in the spleen, enhances T follicular helper cells, germinal center B cells and memory B cells in the spleen and draining lymph nodes, and boosts the production of antigen-specific antibodies. These findings demonstrate the potential of the mRNA-LNP platform for the development of vaccines against bacterial pathogens.

Indexed as

Antigens, BacterialRNA, MessengerStreptococcal InfectionsStreptococcal VaccinesStreptococcus pyogenesAnimalsAntibodies, BacterialFemaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLmRNA VaccinesNanoparticlesSpleenAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, BacterialmRNA VaccinesRNA, MessengerStreptococcal Vaccines

Identifiers

PMID40592845
PMCPMC12217327

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