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ArticleCell reports2022

Rationally designed immunogens enable immune focusing following SARS-CoV-2 spike imprinting.

Blake M Hauser, Maya Sangesland, Kerri J St Denis, Evan C Lam, James Brett Case, Ian W Windsor, Jared Feldman, Timothy M Caradonna, Ty Kannegieter, Michael S Diamond and 3 more

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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 27 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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Blake M HauserRagon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Maya SangeslandRagon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Kerri J St DenisRagon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Evan C LamRagon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
James Brett CaseDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Ian W WindsorRagon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Jared FeldmanRagon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Timothy M CaradonnaRagon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Ty KannegieterRagon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Michael S DiamondDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Department of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Alejandro B BalazsRagon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Daniel LingwoodRagon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Aaron G SchmidtRagon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: aschmidt@crystal.harvard.edu.
Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard · USWashington University in St. Louis · USBoston Children's Hospital · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Using a tonsil organoid system to probe conditions for the induction of protective antibody and T cell responses to influenza.U19AI057229 · NIAID · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Mark Morris Davis · 2003 to 2026
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Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM007753 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI WALENSKY, LOREN DAVID · 1985 to 2021
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User Training and OutreachP30GM124165 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI MALCOLM S. CAPEL · 2018 to 2026
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MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS TRAINING GRANTT32GM008313 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI MURTHY, VENKATESH N · 1989 to 2023
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MOLECULAR BASIS OF VIRAL INFECTIVITYT32AI007245 · NIAID · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI Aaron Gregory Schmidt · 1985 to 2026
$11.3M
Human antibody-based countermeasures against the Wuhan Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2R01AI157155 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BARIC, RALPH S, CROWE, JAMES E · 2020 to 2024
$6.0M
Epitope focusing to the receptor binding motif for a universal coronavirus vaccineR01AI146779 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI SCHMIDT, AARON GREGORY · 2019 to 2023
$4.2M
Innate-like BCR activity as a template for universal vaccination against influenza virusR01AI137057 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI CHACKERIAN, BRYCE C, LINGWOOD, DANIEL · 2018 to 2022
$2.6M
Engineering Humoral Immunity to Functionally Cure HIV InfectionDP2DA040254 · NIDA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BALAZS, ALEJANDRO BENJAMIN · 2015 to 2015
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Defining and Exploiting a Genetic Template for an HIV VaccineDP2DA042422 · NIDA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI LINGWOOD, DANIEL · 2016 to 2016
$2.6M
Triggering germline-encoded broadly neutralizing antibody responses against influenza virusR01AI153098 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BATISTA, FACUNDO DAMIAN, LINGWOOD, DANIEL · 2020 to 2023
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Pixel Array Detector for Macromolecular CrystallographyS10OD021527 · OD · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI EALICK, STEVEN E · 2016 to 2016
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eliciting antibodies to surface-exposed viral glycoproteins can generate protective responses that control and prevent future infections. Targeting conserved sites may reduce the likelihood of viral escape and limit the spread of related viruses with pandemic potential. Here we leverage rational immunogen design to focus humoral responses on conserved epitopes. Using glycan engineering and epitope scaffolding in boosting immunogens, we focus murine serum antibody responses to conserved receptor binding motif (RBM) and receptor binding domain (RBD) epitopes following severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike imprinting. Although all engineered immunogens elicit a robust SARS-CoV-2-neutralizing serum response, RBM-focusing immunogens exhibit increased potency against related sarbecoviruses, SARS-CoV, WIV1-CoV, RaTG13-CoV, and SHC014-CoV; structural characterization of representative antibodies defines a conserved epitope. RBM-focused sera confer protection against SARS-CoV-2 challenge. Thus, RBM focusing is a promising strategy to elicit breadth across emerging sarbecoviruses without compromising SARS-CoV-2 protection. These engineering strategies are adaptable to other viral glycoproteins for targeting conserved epitopes.

Indexed as

COVID-19Viral Envelope ProteinsAnimalsMiceMice, Inbred BALB CSARS-CoV-2Spike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2Viral Envelope ProteinscoronavirusCP: Immunologyglycanimmune focusingimmunogen designSARS-CoV-2

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PMID35303475
PMCPMC8898741
OpenAlexW4220845931

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