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ArticleCell reports2022

Balanced T and B cell responses are required for immune protection against Powassan virus in virus-like particle vaccination.

E Taylor Stone, Mariah Hassert, Elizabeth Geerling, Colleen Wagner, James D Brien, Gregory D Ebel, Alec J Hirsch, Cody German, Jessica L Smith, Amelia K Pinto

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Article in Cell reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

E Taylor StoneDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA.
Mariah HassertDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA.
Elizabeth GeerlingDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA.
Colleen WagnerDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA.
James D BrienDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA.
Gregory D EbelCenter for Vector-borne Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.
Alec J HirschThe Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA; Division of Pathobiology & Immunology, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA.
Cody GermanThe Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA; Division of Pathobiology & Immunology, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA.
Jessica L SmithThe Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA; Division of Pathobiology & Immunology, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA.
Amelia K PintoDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA. Electronic address: amelia.pinto@health.slu.edu.
Saint Louis University · USOregon National Primate Research Center · USColorado State University · USSaint Louis University · ES

Funding

Development of a Virus-Like Particle Vaccine for Powassan VirusR01AI152192 · NIAID · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI HIRSCH, ALEC J · 2020 to 2024
$2.8M
Emergence of tick borne encephalitis in North AmericaR01AI137424 · NIAID · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI EBEL, GREGORY DAVID, TELFORD, SAM R · 2019 to 2023
$2.5M
Transcriptional and functional profiling of cross-reactive T cells to understand outcomes for the pathogen and host during heterologous infectionF31AI152460 · NIAID · SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY · PI HASSERT, MARIAH A · 2020 to 2021
$46k
NIAID NIH HHS F31 AI152460NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI137424NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI152192
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Powassan virus (POWV) is a tick-borne pathogen for which humans are an incidental host. POWV infection can be fatal or result in long-term neurological sequelae; however, there are no approved vaccinations for POWV. Integral to efficacious vaccine development is the identification of correlates of protection, which we accomplished in this study by utilizing a murine model of POWV infection. Using POWV lethal and sub-lethal challenge models, we show that (1) robust B and T cell responses are necessary for immune protection, (2) POWV lethality can be attributed to both viral- and host-mediated drivers of disease, and (3) knowledge of the immune correlates of protection against POWV can be applied in a virus-like particle (VLP)-based vaccination approach that provides protection from lethal POWV challenge. Identification of these immune protection factors is significant as it will aid in the rational design of POWV vaccines.

Indexed as

VaccinationAnimalsAntibodies, ViralAntibody FormationAntibody SpecificityB-LymphocytesDisease Models, AnimalEncephalitis, Tick-BorneEncephalitis Viruses, Tick-BorneHost-Pathogen InteractionsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLT-LymphocytesVirionAntibodies, ViralAdaptive immunityarthropod-borne virusdeer-tick virusimmune protectionmurine modelpowassan virustick-borne flavivirustick-borne pathogensvirus-like particle

Identifiers

PMID35172138
PMCPMC8919300
OpenAlexW4213370388

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