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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

Rationally designed minimized TbpB confers broad protection against meningococcal infection.

Epshita A Islam, Jamie E Fegan, Gregory B Cole, Charles Calmettes, Dixon Ng, Natalie Y T Au, Carolyn M Buckwalter, Sang K Ahn, David M Curran, Laura-Lee Caruso and 3 more

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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13 authors.

Epshita A Islam
Jamie E Fegan
Gregory B Cole
Charles Calmettes
Dixon Ng
Natalie Y T Au
Carolyn M Buckwalter
Sang K Ahn
Laura-Lee Caruso
Anthony B Schryvers
Trevor F Moraes
Scott D Gray-OwenORCID 0000-0002-1477-3616

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Abstract

Transferrin binding protein B (TbpB), an iron acquisition protein, has long been recognized as a promising vaccine candidate targeting the pathogenic Neisseria species, including Importance: Surface-exposed proteins on bacterial pathogens are enticing candidate vaccine targets, however their exposure to the immune system frequently leads to high levels of antigenic variation, a factor that complicates the development of broadly protective vaccines. Here, we undertake an antigen engineering approach to develop a minimized version of a surface lipoprotein, transferrin binding protein B, where variable regions of the protein have been removed to focus the immune response to conserved regions of this antigen. We combine structural studies and mouse infection models of

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PMID41278841
PMCPMC12636594

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