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ReviewVaccines2025

Broadly Neutralizing Antibody Characteristics in Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Implications for Vaccine Design.

Nicole E Skinner

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Review in Vaccines, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Nicole E SkinnerThe Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4807-022X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the use of direct-acting antiviral medications to treat hepatitis C virus (HCV), over a million people are newly infected each year, highlighting the need for a prophylactic vaccine. Due to the remarkable genetic diversity of HCV and its many immune evasion mechanisms, an effective vaccine will need to elicit broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAb). In addition to providing evidence that a prophylactic HCV vaccine is feasible, this review provides an overview of known HCV bNAb targets, common antibody sequence features associated with broad neutralization, and mechanisms of immune escape. Ongoing knowledge gaps in the field and promising future directions are also discussed.

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broadly neutralizing antibodyhepatitis C virusvaccine

Identifiers

PMID40573943
PMCPMC12197670

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