2023
Development of an mRNA-lipid nanoparticle vaccine against Lyme disease
Pine M, Arora G, Hart T, Bettini E, Gaudette B, Muramatsu H, Tombácz I, Kambayashi T, Tam Y, Brisson D, Allman D, Locci M, Weissman D, Fikrig E, Pardi N. Development of an mRNA-lipid nanoparticle vaccine against Lyme disease. Molecular Therapy 2023, 31: 2702-2714. PMID: 37533256, PMCID: PMC10492027, DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2023.07.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLyme diseaseImmune responseCell-mediated immune responsesLyme disease vaccinePotent immune responsesProtein subunit vaccinesSARS-CoV-2Surface protein AVector-borne infectious diseasesMRNA-LNP vaccineOuter surface protein ASingle immunizationProtective efficacyMRNA vaccinesClinical vaccinesDisease vaccineNanoparticle vaccineSubunit vaccineVaccine developmentVaccineBacterial infectionsMRNA-LNPInfectious diseasesDiseaseMRNA platform
1996
Identification of a Borrelia burgdorferi OspA T cell epitope that promotes anti-OspA IgG in mice.
Bockenstedt LK, Fikrig E, Barthold SW, Flavell RA, Kantor FS. Identification of a Borrelia burgdorferi OspA T cell epitope that promotes anti-OspA IgG in mice. The Journal Of Immunology 1996, 157: 5496-502. PMID: 8955199, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.157.12.5496.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, BacterialAntigens, SurfaceBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBacterial VaccinesEpitope MappingFemaleImmunization, PassiveImmunoglobulin GInterleukin-4LipoproteinsLymphocyte ActivationMiceMice, Inbred C3HMolecular Sequence DataPeptidesT-LymphocytesVaccines, SyntheticConceptsT cell epitopesCell epitopesPhase III efficacy studiesTick-borne spirochete Borrelia burgdorferiTreatment-resistant Lyme arthritisT cell responsesSurface protein AB-cell epitopesOuter surface protein ALyme arthritisChallenge infectionIgG productionN-terminal epitopeT cellsMultisystem disorderMurine modelSpirochete Borrelia burgdorferiSubunit vaccineEfficacy studiesCell responsesRecombinant vaccineLyme borreliosisLyme diseaseInfectionBorrelia burgdorferi