Nature Communications (Mar 2018)

Structure-based design of chimeric antigens for multivalent protein vaccines

  • S. Hollingshead,
  • I. Jongerius,
  • R. M. Exley,
  • S. Johnson,
  • S. M. Lea,
  • C. M. Tang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03146-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Factor H binding protein (fHbp) and PorA are components of experimental serogroup B N. meningitidis vaccines. Here the authors graft the VR2 loop of PorA onto an fHBp-based scaffold to demonstrate proof-of-principle of a chimeric antigen strategy and vaccination against meningococcal disease.