COVID-19 mRNA vaccines: Platforms and current developments

GT Szabó, AJ Mahiny, I Vlatkovic - Molecular Therapy, 2022 - cell.com
Since the first successful application of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) as a vaccine
agent in a preclinical study nearly 30 years ago, numerous advances have been made in …

Uses and challenges of antiviral polyclonal and monoclonal antibody therapies

EB Struble, JMO Rawson, T Stantchev, D Scott… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Viral diseases represent a major public health concerns and ever-present risks for
developing into future pandemics. Antiviral antibody therapeutics, either alone or in …

ChAdOx1‐S adenoviral vector vaccine applied intranasally elicits superior mucosal immunity compared to the intramuscular route of vaccination

M Cokarić Brdovčak, J Materljan… - European journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
COVID‐19 vaccines prevent severe forms of the disease, but do not warrant complete
protection against breakthrough infections. This could be due to suboptimal mucosal …

Exploring the potential of cytomegalovirus-based vectors: a review

J Zeng, DK Jaijyan, S Yang, S Pei, Q Tang, H Zhu - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Viral vectors have emerged as powerful tools for delivering and expressing foreign genes,
playing a pivotal role in gene therapy. Among these vectors, cytomegalovirus (CMV) stands …

Cytomegalovirus vaccine vector-induced effector memory CD4+ T cells protect cynomolgus macaques from lethal aerosolized heterologous avian influenza challenge

D Malouli, M Tiwary, RM Gilbride, DW Morrow… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
An influenza vaccine approach that overcomes the problem of viral sequence diversity and
provides long-lived heterosubtypic protection is urgently needed to protect against …

Vero cell-adapted SARS-CoV-2 strain shows increased viral growth through furin-mediated efficient spike cleavage

S Minami, T Kotaki, Y Sakai, S Okamura… - Microbiology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) utilizes several host
proteases to cleave the spike (S) protein to enter host cells. SARS-CoV-2 S protein is …

Cytomegalovirus-vectored COVID-19 vaccines elicit neutralizing antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant (BA. 2) in mice

J Liu, DK Jaijyan, Y Chen, C Feng, S Yang… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Viral vector vaccine represents one of the important research directions of novel vaccines.
Viral vectors can efficiently deliver foreign genes and drive robust transgene expression in …

A single-dose MCMV-based vaccine elicits long-lasting immune protection in mice against distinct SARS-CoV-2 variants

K Metzdorf, H Jacobsen, Y Kim… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Current vaccines against COVID-19 elicit immune responses that are overall strong but
wane rapidly. As a consequence, the necessary booster shots have contributed to vaccine …

The Quest for Immunity: Exploring Human Herpesviruses as Vaccine Vectors

MS Kamel, RA Munds, MS Verma - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Herpesviruses are large DNA viruses that have long been used as powerful gene therapy
tools. In recent years, the ability of herpesviruses to stimulate both innate and adaptive …

Very Broadly Effective Hemagglutinin-Directed Influenza Vaccines with Anti-Herpetic Activity

DC Bloom, C Lilly, W Canty, N Vilaboa, R Voellmy - Vaccines, 2024 - mdpi.com
A universal vaccine that generally prevents influenza virus infection and/or illness remains
elusive. We have been exploring a novel approach to vaccination involving replication …