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ArticleNature communications2025

Intranasal influenza virus-vectored vaccine offers protection against clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 infection in small animal models.

Ying Liu, Shaofeng Deng, Shuang Ren, Rachel Chun-Yee Tam, Siwen Liu, Anna Jinxia Zhang, Kelvin Kai-Wang To, Kwok-Yung Yuen, Honglin Chen, Pui Wang

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Ying Liu *State Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-6188-2580
Shaofeng Deng *State Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
Shuang RenState Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
Rachel Chun-Yee TamState Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
Siwen LiuState Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
Anna Jinxia ZhangState Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5087-3614
Kelvin Kai-Wang ToState Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1921-5824
Kwok-Yung YuenState Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2083-1552
Honglin ChenState Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China. hlchen@hku.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5108-8338
Pui WangState Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China. puiwang@hku.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0745-1130

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus has been endemic in aquatic birds since 1997, causing outbreaks in domestic poultry and occasional human infections worldwide. Recently, the cross-species transmission of a new reassortant variant from clade 2.3.4.4b of H5N1 to cattle in the US has heightened concerns regarding the expansion of host range and potential human infection. As eradicating the H5N1 virus from its reservoir is impossible, it is essential to prepare for a potential pandemic caused by an H5N1 derivative. Utilizing a deleted-NS1 live attenuated influenza viral vector vaccine system (DelNS1 LAIV), a system we have previously used in the development of a COVID-19 vaccine, we have rapidly developed an intranasal vaccine for cattle H5N1 and related clade 2.3.4.4b strains, based on publicly available sequences. Our research demonstrates that a single intranasal immunization can provide effective protection against lethal challenges from HPAI cattle or mink H5N1 variants, offering strong, sustained immunity after two months in female mouse and male hamster models. Immunogenicity analysis reveals that intranasal vaccination with DelNS1 LAIV induces robust neutralizing antibody, mucosal IgA and T cell responses in mice. It is crucial to further evaluate the DelNS1-H5N1 LAIV system to prepare for potential future H5N1 outbreaks in humans.

Indexed as

Influenza A Virus, H5N1 SubtypeInfluenza VaccinesOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsAdministration, IntranasalAnimalsAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralCattleDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGenetic VectorsHumansMiceMice, Inbred BALB CVaccines, AttenuatedAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralInfluenza VaccinesVaccines, Attenuated

Identifiers

PMID40169649
PMCPMC11962148

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