mRNA-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate CVnCoV induces high levels of virus-neutralising antibodies and mediates protection in rodents

S Rauch, N Roth, K Schwendt, M Fotin-Mleczek… - npj Vaccines, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract mRNA technologies have recently proven clinical efficacy against coronavirus
disease 2019 and are among the most promising technologies to address the current …

A self-amplifying mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate induces safe and robust protective immunity in preclinical models

G Maruggi, CP Mallett, JW Westerbeck, T Chen… - Molecular Therapy, 2022 - cell.com
RNA vaccines have demonstrated efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 in humans, and the
technology is being leveraged for rapid emergency response. In this report, we assessed …

Immune correlates of protection by mRNA-1273 immunization against SARS-CoV-2 infection in nonhuman primates

KS Corbett, MC Nason, B Flach, M Gagne, S O'Connell… - BioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Immune correlates of protection can be used as surrogate endpoints for vaccine efficacy.
The nonhuman primate (NHP) model of SARS-CoV-2 infection replicates key features of …

SARS-CoV-2 vaccines: anamnestic response in previously infected recipients

JN Purushotham, N van Doremalen, VJ Munster - Cell Research, 2021 - nature.com
The continued evolution of SARS-CoV-2 has raised questions regarding the ability of prior
immunity to early pandemic strains to afford protection against emerging variants. In a recent …

[HTML][HTML] Carrier-free mRNA vaccine induces robust immunity against SARS-CoV-2 in mice and non-human primates without systemic reactogenicity

S Abbasi, M Matsui-Masai, F Yasui, A Hayashi… - Molecular Therapy, 2024 - cell.com
Carrier-free naked mRNA vaccines may reduce the reactogenicity associated with delivery
carriers; however, their effectiveness against infectious diseases has been suboptimal. To …

SARS-CoV-2 vaccines elicit durable immune responses in infant rhesus macaques

C Garrido, AD Curtis, M Dennis, SH Pathak… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The inclusion of infants in the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine rollout is important to prevent severe
complications of pediatric SARS-CoV-2 infections and to limit transmission and could …

Mucosal administration of a live attenuated recombinant COVID-19 vaccine protects nonhuman primates from SARS-CoV-2

MF Tioni, R Jordan, AS Pena, A Garg, D Wu, SI Phan… - npj Vaccines, 2022 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the causative agent of
the COVID-19 global pandemic. SARS-CoV-2 is an enveloped RNA virus that relies on its …

Immunization with a prefusion SARS-CoV-2 spike protein vaccine (RBMRNA-176) protects against viral challenge in mice and nonhuman primates

Q Ma, R Li, J Guo, M Li, L Ma, J Dai, Y Shi, J Dai… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
There is an urgent need for a broad-spectrum and protective vaccine due to the emergence
and rapid spreading of more contagious SARS-CoV-2 strains. We report the development of …

Optimization of non-coding regions improves protective efficacy of an mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in nonhuman primates

MS Gebre, S Rauch, N Roth, J Yu, A Chandrashekar… - BioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
The CVnCoV (CureVac) mRNA vaccine for SARS-CoV-2 has recently been evaluated in a
phase 2b/3 efficacy trial in humans. CV2CoV is a second-generation mRNA vaccine with …

Harnessing preexisting influenza virus-specific immunity increases antibody responses against SARS-CoV-2

H Dulin, RS Barre, D Xu, A Neal, E Vizcarra… - Journal of …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
In pandemic scenarios involving novel human pathogenic viruses, it is highly desirable that
vaccines induce strong neutralizing antibodies as quickly as possible. However, current …