Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42393671›Full record

ArticleBMC veterinary research2026

Development and immunological evaluation of a ferritin nanoparticle vaccine displaying chicken infectious anemia virus VP1-VP2 proteins.

Lulu Zhang, Zhijun Li, Yu-Mei Chen Yan, Hailiang Sun, Fanhua Wei

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in BMC veterinary research, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

5 authors.

Lulu Zhang *School of Animal Science and Technology, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, 750021, China.
Zhijun Li *School of Animal Science and Technology, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, 750021, China.
Yu-Mei Chen YanSchool of Animal Science and Technology, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, 750021, China.
Hailiang SunCollege of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.
Fanhua WeiSchool of Animal Science and Technology, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, 750021, China. weifanhua999@163.com.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 32473004
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChicken infectious anemia virus (CIAV) causes immunosuppression, aplastic anemia, and lymphoid atrophy in young chicks, causing major economic losses to the poultry industry. Vaccination is the primary strategy for disease control. This study aimed to develop a ferritin-based nanoparticle vaccine displaying CIAV VP1-VP2 proteins and evaluate its protective efficacy in chicks.

resultsUsing the SpyTag003/SpyCatcher003 system, we expressed ferritin-SpyCatcher003 (SC-FN) in insect cells and SpyTag003-VP2-VP1Nd129 in E. coli, achieving in vitro assembly of FN-VP2-VP1Nd129 nanoparticles, which were confirmed by SDS-PAGE, Western blotting, and transmission electron microscopy. Two-week-old chicks immunized with the nanoparticle vaccine developed significantly higher CIAV-specific antibody levels compared to the control group. Following lethal challenge with CIAV Cux-1 strain, the vaccine group showed significantly higher hematocrit values and thymus indices (p < 0.001), and importantly, no viral nucleic acid was detected in their thymus tissues.

conclusionsWe successfully constructed a ferritin nanoparticle-based antigen display system for CIAV. The vaccine induced robust humoral immunity, effectively protected against viral replication and clinical disease, and offers a promising new strategy for developing safe and effective subunit vaccines against CIAV.

Indexed as

Capsid ProteinsChicken anemia virusCircoviridae InfectionsFerritinsPoultry DiseasesViral VaccinesAnimalsAntibodies, ViralChickensNanoparticlesNanovaccinesAntibodies, ViralCapsid ProteinsFerritinsNanovaccinesViral VaccinesVP1 protein, Chicken anemia virusVP2 protein, Chicken anemia virusChicken infectious anemia virusFerritinNanoparticle vaccineSpyTag/SpyCatcherVP1-VP2 fusion protein

Identifiers

PMID42393671
PMCPMC13617756

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.