Progress towards the development of a universal influenza vaccine

WC Wang, EE Sayedahmed, S Sambhara, SK Mittal - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Influenza viruses are responsible for millions of cases globally and significantly threaten
public health. Since pandemic and zoonotic influenza viruses have emerged in the last 20 …

Technological microbiology: development and applications

LC Vitorino, LA Bessa - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Over thousands of years, modernization could be predicted for the use of microorganisms in
the production of foods and beverages. However, the current accelerated pace of new food …

Pulmonary surfactant–biomimetic nanoparticles potentiate heterosubtypic influenza immunity

J Wang, P Li, Y Yu, Y Fu, H Jiang, M Lu, Z Sun, S Jiang… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Current influenza vaccines must be refreshed annually to address constant
mutations of viral hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) genes because the vaccines …

Generation of a live attenuated influenza A vaccine by proteolysis targeting

L Si, Q Shen, J Li, L Chen, J Shen, X Xiao, H Bai… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The usefulness of live attenuated virus vaccines has been limited by suboptimal
immunogenicity, safety concerns or cumbersome manufacturing processes and techniques …

Genome-wide identification of interferon-sensitive mutations enables influenza vaccine design

Y Du, L Xin, Y Shi, TH Zhang, NC Wu, L Dai, D Gong… - Science, 2018 - science.org
In conventional attenuated viral vaccines, immunogenicity is often suboptimal. Here we
present a systematic approach for vaccine development that eliminates interferon (IFN) …

Generation of DelNS1 influenza viruses: a strategy for optimizing live attenuated influenza vaccines

P Wang, M Zheng, SY Lau, P Chen, BWY Mok, S Liu… - MBio, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT Nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) of influenza virus is a key virulence element with
multifunctional roles in virus replication and a potent antagonist of host immune response …

Attenuated influenza virions expressing the SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain induce neutralizing antibodies in mice

AN Loes, LE Gentles, AJ Greaney, KHD Crawford… - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
An effective vaccine is essential for controlling the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Here,
we describe an influenza virus-based vaccine for SARS-CoV-2. We incorporated a …

Improving immunological insights into the ferret model of human viral infectious disease

J Wong, D Layton, AK Wheatley… - Influenza and Other …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Ferrets are a well‐established model for studying both the pathogenesis and transmission of
human respiratory viruses and evaluation of antiviral vaccines. Advanced immunological …

The intersection of age and influenza severity: Utility of ferrets for dissecting the age-dependent immune responses and relevance to age-specific vaccine …

M Rioux, ME Francis, CL Swan, A Ge, A Kroeker… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Many factors impact the host response to influenza virus infection and vaccination. Ferrets
have been an indispensable reagent for influenza virus research for almost one hundred …

Crossprotection induced by virus-like particles containing influenza dual-hemagglutinin and M2 ectodomain

J Mao, GD Eom, KW Yoon, MJ Kim, KB Chu… - …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Aims: To develop an effective universal vaccine against antigenically different influenza
viruses. Materials & methods: We generated influenza virus-like particles (VLPs) expressing …