Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41643005›Full record

ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2026

DNA origami vaccines program antigen-focused germinal centers.

Anna Romanov, Grant A Knappe, Larance Ronsard, Christopher A Cottrell, Yiming J Zhang, Heikyung Suh, Lauren Duhamel, Marjan Omer, Asheley P Chapman, Katie Spivakovsky and 15 more

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 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

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

25 authors.

Anna RomanovDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1239-4946
Grant A Knappe *Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5041-2383
Larance Ronsard *Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5307-1940
Christopher A CottrellDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3364-3083
Yiming J ZhangDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8102-3815
Heikyung SuhKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Lauren DuhamelDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Marjan OmerDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Asheley P ChapmanKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8323-5494
Katie SpivakovskyDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-7766-6535
Patrick SkogDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5759-5071
Claudia T FlynnIAVI Antibody Neutralizing Center, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-3067-6781
Jeong Hyun LeeIAVI Antibody Neutralizing Center, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7371-845X
Oleksandr KalyuzhniyDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5273-1951
Alessia LiguoriDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8606-574X
Molly F ParsonsDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0370-8162
Vanessa R LewisKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-6077-8975
Josue CanalesDepartment of Pathology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Boris ReizisDepartment of Pathology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1140-7853
Ryan D TingleDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2874-7010
Torben SchiffnerDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.
William R SchiefDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1120-0150
Daniel LingwoodRagon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5631-9238
Mark BatheDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6199-6855
Darrell J IrvineDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8637-1405

Funding

Identification of neutralizing epitopes on SARS-CoV-2 spike for design of vaccines and small-molecule antiviralsUM1AI144462 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI BURTON, DENNIS R. · 2019 to 2025
$201.6M
VIRUS PRODUCTION COREP30CA014051 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Jacqueline A. Lees · 1985 to 2026
$93.9M
TOXICOLOGY CORE UNITP30ES002109 · NIEHS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI NILES, JACQUIN C · 1985 to 2020
$25.6M
Investigation of Synthetic DNA-based Viral Particles for Spatially Controlled Antigen PresentationR01AI162307 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Mark Bathe, Facundo Damian Batista · 2021 to 2026
$2.4M
Triggering germline-encoded broadly neutralizing antibody responses against influenza virusR01AI153098 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BATISTA, FACUNDO DAMIAN, LINGWOOD, DANIEL · 2020 to 2023
$2.1M
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation INV-007522Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation INV-008813Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation INV-034657NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014051NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI153098NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI162307NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI144462NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES002109
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Priming rare subdominant precursor B cells in germinal centers (GCs) is a central goal of vaccination to generate broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) against HIV. Multivalent immunogen display on protein nanoparticle scaffolds can promote such responses, but it also generates scaffold-specific B cells that could theoretically limit bnAb precursor expansion in GCs. We rationally designed DNA origami-based virus-like particles (DNA-VLPs) displaying a germline-targeting HIV envelope protein immunogen, which elicited no scaffold-specific antibody responses. Compared with a state-of-the-art clinical protein nanoparticle, these DNA-VLPs increased the expansion of epitope-specific GC B cells relative to off-target B cells and enhanced expansion of bnAb-lineage B cells in a humanized mouse model of CD4 binding site priming. Thus, minimizing off-target responses enhances bnAb priming and indicates that DNA-VLPs are a promising vaccine platform.

Indexed as

AIDS VaccinesDNA NanostructuresGerminal CenterHIV AntibodiesVaccines, DNAVaccines, Virus-Like ParticleAnimalsAntibodies, NeutralizingB-LymphocytesBroadly Neutralizing AntibodiesDisease Models, Animalenv Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency VirusEpitopesFemaleHIV-1HIV InfectionsAIDS VaccinesAntibodies, NeutralizingBroadly Neutralizing Antibodiesenv Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency VirusEpitopesHIV AntibodiesVaccines, DNAVaccines, Virus-Like Particle

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PMID41643005
PMCPMC13440519

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