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ArticleNPJ vaccines2024

A therapeutic hepatitis B mRNA vaccine with strong immunogenicity and persistent virological suppression.

Huajun Zhao, Xianyu Shao, Yating Yu, Lulu Huang, Narh Philip Amor, Kun Guo, Changzhen Weng, Weijun Zhao, Ailu Yang, Jiesen Hu and 8 more

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Article in NPJ vaccines, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
12.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

18 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Huajun Zhao *Institute of Immunopharmaceutical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China. zhaohuajun89@sdu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6619-8329
Xianyu Shao *Vaccine Center, School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Yating Yu *Institute of Immunopharmaceutical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Lulu Huang *Vaccine Center, School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Narh Philip Amor *Vaccine Center, School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Kun GuoVaccine Center, School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Changzhen WengVaccine Center, School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Weijun ZhaoVaccine Center, School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Ailu YangInstitute of Immunopharmaceutical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Jiesen HuFirestone Biotechnologies, Shanghai, China.
Hongbao YangCenter for New Drug Safety Evaluation and Research, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Zhenguang LiuCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Qiuju HanInstitute of Immunopharmaceutical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Leilei ShiPrecision Research Center for Refractory Diseases in Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Shiyu SunKey Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Jian ZhangInstitute of Immunopharmaceutical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China. zhangj65@sdu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5106-1397
Ang LinVaccine Center, School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China. anglin@cpu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5662-1576
Yong YangVaccine Center, School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China. yy@cpu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1038-9470
China Pharmaceutical University · CNShandong University · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CNNanjing Agricultural University · CNShanghai Jiao Tong University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 81972686National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82001687National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82061138008Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Jiangsu Provincial Natural Science Foundation) BK20221031Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation) ZR2022YQ75
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Here we report on the development and comprehensive evaluations of an mRNA vaccine for chronic hepatitis B (CHB) treatment. In two different HBV carrier mouse models generated by viral vector-mediated HBV transfection (pAAV-HBV1.2 and rAAV8-HBV1.3), this vaccine demonstrates sufficient and persistent virological suppression, and robust immunogenicity in terms of induction of strong innate immune activation, high-level virus-specific antibodies, memory B cells and T cells. mRNA platform therefore holds prospects for therapeutic vaccine development to combat CHB.

Identifiers

PMID38310094
PMCPMC10838333
OpenAlexW4391512207

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