Nature Communications (Feb 2020)

Glycan repositioning of influenza hemagglutinin stem facilitates the elicitation of protective cross-group antibody responses

  • Seyhan Boyoglu-Barnum,
  • Geoffrey B. Hutchinson,
  • Jeffrey C. Boyington,
  • Syed M. Moin,
  • Rebecca A. Gillespie,
  • Yaroslav Tsybovsky,
  • Tyler Stephens,
  • John R. Vaile,
  • Julia Lederhofer,
  • Kizzmekia S. Corbett,
  • Brian E. Fisher,
  • Hadi M. Yassine,
  • Sarah F. Andrews,
  • Michelle C. Crank,
  • Adrian B. McDermott,
  • John R. Mascola,
  • Barney S. Graham,
  • Masaru Kanekiyo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14579-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) stem between group 1 and 2 viruses has different glycosylation patterns, likely hampering cross-group protection. Here, Boyoglu-Barnum et al. show that introducing a group 2 glycan into a group 1 stem nanoparticle vaccine broadens antibody responses in mice to cross-react with group 2 HAs.