Assaying the potency of influenza vaccines

PD Minor - Vaccines, 2015 - mdpi.com
The potency of vaccines must be determined to ensure that the appropriate dose is given.
The manufacture and assessment of influenza vaccines are complicated by the continuously …

Vaccine-induced anti-HA2 antibodies promote virus fusion and enhance influenza virus respiratory disease

S Khurana, CL Loving, J Manischewitz… - Science translational …, 2013 - science.org
Vaccine-induced disease enhancement has been described in connection with several viral
vaccines in animal models and in humans. We investigated a swine model to evaluate …

Repeat vaccination reduces antibody affinity maturation across different influenza vaccine platforms in humans

S Khurana, M Hahn, EM Coyle, LR King, TL Lin… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Several vaccines are approved in the United States for seasonal influenza vaccination every
year. Here we compare the impact of repeat influenza vaccination on hemagglutination …

A carboxy-terminal trimerization domain stabilizes conformational epitopes on the stalk domain of soluble recombinant hemagglutinin substrates

F Krammer, I Margine, GS Tan, N Pica, JC Krause… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Recently, a new class of broadly neutralizing anti-influenza virus antibodies that target the
stalk domain of the viral hemagglutinin was discovered. As such, induction, isolation …

Immunogenicity and biodistribution of lipid nanoparticle formulated self-amplifying mRNA vaccines against H5 avian influenza

X Cui, P Vervaeke, Y Gao, L Opsomer, Q Sun… - npj Vaccines, 2024 - nature.com
This study reports on the immunogenicity and biodistribution of H5 hemagglutinin (HA)-
based self-amplifying (sa) mRNA vaccines in mice. Four sa-mRNA vaccines encoding either …

Characterization of hemagglutinin antigens on influenza virus and within vaccines using electron microscopy

JR Gallagher, DM McCraw, U Torian, NM Gulati… - Vaccines, 2018 - mdpi.com
Influenza viruses affect millions of people worldwide on an annual basis. Although vaccines
are available, influenza still causes significant human mortality and morbidity. Vaccines …

Induction of broad immunity by thermostabilised vaccines incorporated in dissolvable microneedles using novel fabrication methods

A Vrdoljak, EA Allen, F Ferrara, NJ Temperton… - Journal of controlled …, 2016 - Elsevier
Dissolvable microneedle (DMN) patches for immunization have multiple benefits, including
vaccine stability and ease-of-use. However, conventional DMN fabrication methods have …

H5N1 virus-like particle vaccine elicits cross-reactive neutralizing antibodies that preferentially bind to the oligomeric form of influenza virus hemagglutinin in humans

S Khurana, J Wu, N Verma, S Verma… - Journal of …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Transmission of pathogenic avian influenza viruses (AIV) from wild birds to domestic poultry
and humans is continuing in multiple countries around the world. In preparation for a …

[HTML][HTML] Live attenuated influenza A virus vaccine protects against A (H1N1) pdm09 heterologous challenge without vaccine associated enhanced respiratory disease

PC Gauger, CL Loving, S Khurana, A Lorusso… - Virology, 2014 - Elsevier
Live-attenuated influenza virus (LAIV) vaccines may provide cross-protection against
contemporary influenza A virus (IAV) in swine. Conversely, whole inactivated virus (WIV) …

The adjuvant GLA-AF enhances human intradermal vaccine responses

D Carter, N van Hoeven, S Baldwin, Y Levin… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Adjuvants are key to shaping the immune response to vaccination, but to date, no adjuvant
suitable for human use has been developed for intradermal vaccines. These vaccines could …