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ArticleViruses2026

Affinity Selection of MS2 VLPs as SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Candidates Targeting Nucleocapsid Protein.

Julianne Peabody, Chunyan Ye, Steven Bradfute, Bryce Chackerian, David S Peabody

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Article in Viruses, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Julianne PeabodyDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8746-7513
Chunyan YeDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
Steven BradfuteDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1985-751X
Bryce ChackerianDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5712-4739
David S PeabodyDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-7829-9851

Funding

WOMEN'S CANCERS RESEARCH PROGRAMP30CA118100 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR · PI Yolanda Sanchez · 2005 to 2026
$57.1M
Biology of Infectious Diseases &InflammationT32AI007538 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR · PI Michelle A Ozbun · 1998 to 2026
$5.2M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA118100NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007538NIH HHS 5P30CA118100-21
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Identifying antigens that elicit protective immunity is the key step for vaccine development. Here, we describe the use of the MS2 VLP platform to identify epitopes of SARS-CoV-2 structural proteins recognized by antibodies from COVID-19 patients, and to present those epitopes to the immune system as vaccines. We constructed an MS2 virus-like particle (VLP) library covering all four structural proteins of SARS-CoV-2 and affinity-selected vaccine candidates by biopanning on antibodies from infected humans. We focused on the structural proteins, reasoning that they are the most likely targets of a protective antibody response. The epitopes we found map almost entirely to the spike and nucleocapsid proteins. The VLPs displaying such epitopes were produced individually in

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Coronavirus Nucleocapsid ProteinsCOVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesLevivirusNucleocapsid ProteinsSARS-CoV-2Vaccines, Virus-Like ParticleAnimalsAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralCricetinaeEpitopesHumansSpike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralCoronavirus Nucleocapsid ProteinsCOVID-19 VaccinesEpitopesNucleocapsid ProteinsSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2Vaccines, Virus-Like Particleaffinity-selectionCOVID-19 vaccinesMS2 VLPnucleocapsid protein

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PMID42515618
PMCPMC13431509

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