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ArticleNPJ vaccines2025

Improved mRNA-based RSV vaccine with PreF forming enveloped virus-like particles.

Pengdi Chai, Yi Shi, Xiaoyan Li, Mengyao Yang, Xiafei Liu, Mei Liu, Junjie Yu, Xiaoxuan Yin, Dongwei Li, Ke Li and 10 more

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Article in NPJ vaccines, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Humanized extracellular vesicles for efficient RNA delivery.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  5. Humanized Extracellular Vesicles for Efficient RNA Delivery.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

Pengdi Chai *National Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Diseases (NITFID), NHC Key Laboratory for Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China.
Yi Shi *National Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Diseases (NITFID), NHC Key Laboratory for Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China.
Xiaoyan Li *National Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Diseases (NITFID), Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
Mengyao YangNational Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Diseases (NITFID), NHC Key Laboratory for Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China.
Xiafei LiuThe First Clinical Medical Institute, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Mei LiuNational Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Diseases (NITFID), Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
Junjie YuNational Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Diseases (NITFID), NHC Key Laboratory for Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China.
Xiaoxuan YinNational Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Diseases (NITFID), NHC Key Laboratory for Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China.
Dongwei LiNational Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Diseases (NITFID), NHC Key Laboratory for Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China.
Ke LiNational Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Diseases (NITFID), NHC Key Laboratory for Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China.
Xiangyu KongNational Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Diseases (NITFID), NHC Key Laboratory for Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China.
Qin ZhangNational Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Diseases (NITFID), NHC Key Laboratory for Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China.
Hong WangNational Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Diseases (NITFID), NHC Key Laboratory for Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China.
Xiaoman SunNational Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Diseases (NITFID), NHC Key Laboratory for Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China.
Jinsong LiNational Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Diseases (NITFID), NHC Key Laboratory for Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China.
Lili LiNational Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Diseases (NITFID), NHC Key Laboratory for Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China.
Dandi LiNational Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Diseases (NITFID), NHC Key Laboratory for Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China.
Lili PangNational Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Diseases (NITFID), NHC Key Laboratory for Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China.
Xuancheng LuNational Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Diseases (NITFID), Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
Zhaojun DuanNational Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Diseases (NITFID), NHC Key Laboratory for Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China. zhaojund@126.com.

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China 2022YFC2304302
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes severe respiratory disease in infants and the elderly. However, natural infection fails to induce durable immune protection, and existing mRNA vaccines for older adults exhibit limited long-term efficacy. We developed an antigen engineering strategy inserting ESCRT/ALIX-binding region (EABR) into truncated RSV prefusion F (PreF) cytoplasmic tails to form enveloped virus-like particles (eVLPs). In murine models, PreF-EABR mRNA vaccines elicited higher, more persistent neutralizing antibodies than conventional PreF mRNA, correlating with enhanced germinal center B cell and memory B cell responses. A lower dose of PreF-EABR mRNA (1 μg) suppressed viral load and pathology comparable to higher-dose PreF mRNA (2.5 μg). Transcriptomic analysis showed PreF-EABR mRNA activated toll-like receptor and chemokine signaling pathways, enhancing antibody longevity via platelet-associated signatures. This study explores the development and possible mechanism of long-lasting RSV mRNA vaccines by eVLPs technology, which also suggest its potential application in other vaccines.

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PMID40651980
PMCPMC12255789

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