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ArticleiScience2026

Novel adenovirus vaccine vectors lacking thrombosis-associated interactions with platelet factor 4.

Erwan Sallard, Daniel Pembaur, Matias Ciancaglini, Lucie Manov-Bouard, Denice Weklak, Firas Hamdan, Chun Kit Chan, Franziska Jönsson, Elise Chabot, Carmen Musielak and 22 more

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Article in iScience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The immunogenicity and safety of adenoviral-based vaccines.Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

32 authors.

Erwan SallardVirology and Microbiology, Center for Biomedical Education and Research (ZBAF), Department of Human Medicine, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, 58453 Witten, Germany.
Daniel PembaurChair of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Center for Biomedical Education and Research (ZBAF), Department of Human Medicine, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, 58453 Witten, Germany.
Matias CiancagliniDivision of Experimental Virology, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, 4051 Basel, Switzerland.
Lucie Manov-BouardAccession Therapeutics Limited, OX4 2JZ Oxford, UK.
Denice WeklakChair of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Center for Biomedical Education and Research (ZBAF), Department of Human Medicine, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, 58453 Witten, Germany.
Firas HamdanUniversity of Helsinki, Faculty of Pharmacy, Laboratory of Immunovirotherapy, Drug Research Program Helsinki, Uusimaa, Helsinki, Finland.
Chun Kit ChanBiodesign Institute Center for Applied Structural Discovery & Biosense Network, School of Molecular Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Franziska JönssonChair of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Center for Biomedical Education and Research (ZBAF), Department of Human Medicine, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, 58453 Witten, Germany.
Elise ChabotVirology and Microbiology, Center for Biomedical Education and Research (ZBAF), Department of Human Medicine, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, 58453 Witten, Germany.
Carmen MusielakChair of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Center for Biomedical Education and Research (ZBAF), Department of Human Medicine, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, 58453 Witten, Germany.
Elena ScurtiUniversity of Helsinki, Faculty of Pharmacy, Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
Sara FeolaUniversity of Helsinki, Faculty of Pharmacy, Laboratory of Immunovirotherapy, Drug Research Program Helsinki, Uusimaa, Helsinki, Finland.
Sebastian SchellhornVirology and Microbiology, Center for Biomedical Education and Research (ZBAF), Department of Human Medicine, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, 58453 Witten, Germany.
Nissai BeaudeVirology and Microbiology, Center for Biomedical Education and Research (ZBAF), Department of Human Medicine, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, 58453 Witten, Germany.
Katrin SchröerVirology and Microbiology, Center for Biomedical Education and Research (ZBAF), Department of Human Medicine, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, 58453 Witten, Germany.
Daipayan SarkarBiodesign Institute Center for Applied Structural Discovery & Biosense Network, School of Molecular Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Georgia KoukouChair of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Center for Biomedical Education and Research (ZBAF), Department of Human Medicine, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, 58453 Witten, Germany.
Xiaoyan WangInstitute for Virology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Natascha SchmidtChair of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Center for Biomedical Education and Research (ZBAF), Department of Human Medicine, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, 58453 Witten, Germany.
Wibke BayerInstitute for Virology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Malik AydinVirology and Microbiology, Center for Biomedical Education and Research (ZBAF), Department of Human Medicine, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, 58453 Witten, Germany.
Vera KempDepartment of Cell & Chemical Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Alan L ParkerDivision of Cancer and Genetics, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, CF14 4XN Cardiff, UK.
Dirk GrimmDepartment of Infectious Diseases/Virology, Section Viral Vector Technologies, Medical Faculty and Faculty of Engineering Sciences, University of Heidelberg, BioQuant, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Tapani ViitalaUniversity of Helsinki, Faculty of Pharmacy, Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
Vincenzo CerulloUniversity of Helsinki, Faculty of Pharmacy, Laboratory of Immunovirotherapy, Drug Research Program Helsinki, Uusimaa, Helsinki, Finland.
Abhishek SingharoyBiodesign Institute Center for Applied Structural Discovery & Biosense Network, School of Molecular Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Alexander T BakerAccession Therapeutics Limited, OX4 2JZ Oxford, UK.
Wenli ZhangVirology and Microbiology, Center for Biomedical Education and Research (ZBAF), Department of Human Medicine, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, 58453 Witten, Germany.
Daniel PinschewerDivision of Experimental Virology, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, 4051 Basel, Switzerland.
Florian KreppelChair of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Center for Biomedical Education and Research (ZBAF), Department of Human Medicine, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, 58453 Witten, Germany.
Anja EhrhardtVirology and Microbiology, Center for Biomedical Education and Research (ZBAF), Department of Human Medicine, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, 58453 Witten, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The adenoviral vector-based AstraZeneca and Janssen COVID-19 vaccines have been associated with rare cases of thrombosis, believed to be triggered, among other factors, by vector binding to the blood protein platelet factor 4 (PF4). To identify vectors with lower thrombosis risk, we screened 50 natural and hexon-modified adenoviruses (Ads). Unlike the applied COVID-19 vaccines and most tested vectors, Ad34 and Ad80, as well as Ad5 vectors with deleted or chemically shielded hexon hyper-variable region 1 (HVR1), did not bind to PF4. Furthermore, interactions with PF4 substantially modified Ad5 infectivity in various immortalized and primary cells, suggesting that PF4 may influence existing vector tropism. Finally, HVR1-deleted Ad5 and Ad34 vectors expressing SARS-CoV-2 spike S1 domain were tested as vaccine candidates in mice and induced robust cellular immune responses. Therefore, the identified PF4 non-binding vectors may represent safe and efficient candidates for clinical applications.

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PMID41509905
PMCPMC12775996

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