Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

SARS-CoV-2 RBD trimer protein adjuvanted with Alum-3M-052 protects from SARS-CoV-2 infection and immune pathology in the lung

  • Nanda Kishore Routhu,
  • Narayanaiah Cheedarla,
  • Venkata Satish Bollimpelli,
  • Sailaja Gangadhara,
  • Venkata Viswanadh Edara,
  • Lilin Lai,
  • Anusmita Sahoo,
  • Ayalnesh Shiferaw,
  • Tiffany M. Styles,
  • Katharine Floyd,
  • Stephanie Fischinger,
  • Caroline Atyeo,
  • Sally A. Shin,
  • Sanjeev Gumber,
  • Shannon Kirejczyk,
  • Kenneth H. Dinnon,
  • Pei-Yong Shi,
  • Vineet D. Menachery,
  • Mark Tomai,
  • Christopher B. Fox,
  • Galit Alter,
  • Thomas H. Vanderford,
  • Lisa Gralinski,
  • Mehul S. Suthar,
  • Rama Rao Amara

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23942-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Efficient vaccines for SARS-CoV-2 are needed. Here, the authors show that a trimeric form of the receptor-binding domain of SARS-CoV-2 spike adjuvanted with alum-3M-052 protects non-human primates from disease and inhibits infection.