Nucleoprotein as a promising antigen for broadly protective influenza vaccines

A Rak, I Isakova-Sivak, L Rudenko - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Annual vaccination is considered as the main preventive strategy against seasonal
influenza. Due to the highly variable nature of major viral antigens, such as hemagglutinin …

Have Diagnostics, Therapies, and Vaccines Made the Difference in the Pandemic Evolution of COVID-19 in Comparison with “Spanish Flu”?

F Lista, MS Peragallo, R Biselli, R De Santis, S Mariotti… - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
In 1918 many countries, but not Spain, were fighting World War I. Spanish press could report
about the diffusion and severity of a new infection without censorship for the first-time, so that …

A microneedle-based delivery system for broad-protection seasonal influenza A DNA nanovaccines

L Wang, L Yang, F Zhang, X Liu, Q Xie, Q Liu… - Cell Reports Physical …, 2023 - cell.com
Seasonal influenza A viruses continue to pose a public health threat, and current vaccines
are not sufficiently effective because of virus mutation. There is an urgent need to develop a …

Prolonging the delivery of influenza virus vaccine improves the quantity and quality of the induced immune responses in mice

M Beukema, S Gong, K Al-Jaawni… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Influenza vaccines play a vital role in protecting individuals from influenza virus
infection and severe illness. However, current influenza vaccines have suboptimal efficacy …

Single-component multilayered self-assembling protein nanoparticles displaying extracellular domains of matrix protein 2 as a pan-influenza A vaccine

K Braz Gomes, YN Zhang, YZ Lee, M Eldad, A Lim… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The development of a cross-protective pan-influenza A vaccine remains a significant
challenge. In this study, we designed and evaluated single-component self-assembling …

Improvement influenza vaccine immune responses with traditional Chinese medicine and its active ingredients

D Zhao, X Chen, L Wang, J Zhang, R Lv, L Tan… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The current influenza vaccines are unable to provide effective protection in many cases, like
influenza viruses strain antigenic drift or shift, and the influenza continues to cause …

Sodium taurocholate hydrate inhibits influenza virus replication and suppresses influenza a Virus-triggered inflammation in vitro and in vivo

X Sun, X Hu, Q Zhang, L Zhao, X Sun, L Yang… - International …, 2023 - Elsevier
Influenza A virus is an important respiratory pathogen that poses serious threats to human
health. Owing to the high mutation rate of viral genes, weaker cross-protection of vaccines …

Development of Cross-Reactive Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine Candidates against Both Lineages of Influenza B Virus

PF Wong, I Isakova-Sivak, E Stepanova, E Krutikova… - Vaccines, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: Influenza viruses continue to cause a significant social and economic burden
globally. Vaccination is recognized as the most effective measure to control influenza. Live …

A subunit‐based influenza/SARS‐CoV‐2 Omicron combined vaccine induced potent protective immunity in BALB/c mice

N Zhang, Z Ye, C Li, J Zhou, W Xue… - Journal of Medical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Infection with influenza A virus (IAV) and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS‐CoV‐2) poses a significant risk to human life, health, and the global economy …

Broadly protective neuraminidase-based influenza vaccines and monoclonal antibodies: Target epitopes and mechanisms of action

N Abbadi, JJ Mousa - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Neuraminidase (NA) is an important surface protein on influenza virions, playing an
essential role in the viral life cycle and being a key target of the immune system. Despite the …