1. Development of adenoviral-vector-based pandemic influenza vaccine against antigenically distinct human H5N1 strains in mice.
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Hoelscher, Mary A., Garg, Sanjay, Bangari, Dinesh S., Belser, Jessica A., Xiuhua Lu, Stephenson, Iain, Bright, Rick A., Katz, Jacqueline M., Mittal, Suresh K., and Sambhara, Suryaprakash
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AVIAN influenza prevention , *VIRAL vaccines , *VIRUS-vector relationships , *ANTIVIRAL agents , *IMMUNOLOGY , *BIOLOGICAL control of vectors , *INFLUENZA viruses , *RESEARCH methodology , *LABORATORY mice , *VIRUS disease drug therapy , *PREVENTION of communicable diseases - Abstract
Summary Introduction Avian H5N1 influenza viruses currently circulating in southeast Asia could potentially cause the next pandemic. However, currently licensed human vaccines are subtype-specific and do not protect against these H5N1 viruses. We aimed to develop an influenza vaccine and assessed its immunogenicity and efficacy to confer protection in BALB/c mice. Methods We developed an egg-independent strategy to combat the avian influenza virus, because the virus is highly lethal to chickens and the maintenance of a constant supply of embryonated eggs would be difficult in a pandemic. We used a replication-incompetent, human adenoviral-vector-based, haemagglutinin subtype 5 influenza vaccine (HAd-H5HA), which induces both humoral and cell-mediated immune responses against avian H5N1 influenza viruses isolated from people. Findings Immunisation of mice with HAd-H5HA provided effective protection from H5N1 disease, death, and primary viral replication (p<0·0001) against antigenically distinct strains of H5N1 influenza viruses. Unlike the recombinant H5HA vaccine, which is based on a traditional subunit vaccine approach, HAd-H5HA vaccine induced a three-fold to eight-fold increase in HA-518-epitope-specific interferon-γ-secreting CD8 T cells (p=0·01). Interpretation Our findings highlight the potential of an Ad-vector-based delivery system, which is both egg-independent and adjuvant-independent and offers stockpiling options for the development of a pandemic influenza vaccine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
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