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ReviewJournal of biomedical science2019

M2e-based universal influenza vaccines: a historical overview and new approaches to development.

Daria Mezhenskaya, Irina Isakova-Sivak, Larisa Rudenko

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Review in Journal of biomedical science, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers.

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69 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Daria MezhenskayaDepartment of Virology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, 12 Acad. Pavlov Street, St. Petersburg, 197376, Russia.
Irina Isakova-SivakDepartment of Virology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, 12 Acad. Pavlov Street, St. Petersburg, 197376, Russia. isakova.sivak@iemspb.ru.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2801-1508
Larisa RudenkoDepartment of Virology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, 12 Acad. Pavlov Street, St. Petersburg, 197376, Russia.

Funding

Russian Science Foundation 19-15-00015
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The influenza A virus was isolated for the first time in 1931, and the first attempts to develop a vaccine against the virus began soon afterwards. In addition to causing seasonal epidemics, influenza viruses can cause pandemics at random intervals, which are very hard to predict. Vaccination is the most effective way of preventing the spread of influenza infection. However, seasonal vaccination is ineffective against pandemic influenza viruses because of antigenic differences, and it takes approximately six months from isolation of a new virus to develop an effective vaccine. One of the possible ways to fight the emergence of pandemics may be by using a new type of vaccine, with a long and broad spectrum of action. The extracellular domain of the M2 protein (M2e) of influenza A virus is a conservative region, and an attractive target for a universal influenza vaccine. This review gives a historical overview of the study of M2 protein, and summarizes the latest developments in the preparation of M2e-based universal influenza vaccines.

Indexed as

History, 20th CenturyHistory, 21st CenturyHumansInfluenza A virusInfluenza, HumanInfluenza VaccinesViral Matrix ProteinsViroporin ProteinsInfluenza VaccinesM2 protein, Influenza A virusViral Matrix ProteinsViroporin ProteinsConserved proteinCross-protectionInfluenza a virusInfluenza M2 ectodomainUniversal influenza vaccine

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PMID31629405
PMCPMC6800501

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