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Editor, Senior Moderator
Viruses
. 2021 May 24;13(6):973.
doi: 10.3390/v13060973.
Targeting Antigens for Universal Influenza Vaccine Development
Quyen-Thi Nguyen[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Young-Ki Choi[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Traditional influenza vaccines generate strain-specific antibodies which cannot provide protection against divergent influenza virus strains. Further, due to frequent antigenic shifts and drift of influenza viruses, annual reformulation and revaccination are required in order to match circulating strains. Thus, the development of a universal influenza vaccine (UIV) is critical for long-term protection against all seasonal influenza virus strains, as well as to provide protection against a potential pandemic virus. One of the most important strategies in the development of UIVs is the selection of optimal targeting antigens to generate broadly cross-reactive neutralizing antibodies or cross-reactive T cell responses against divergent influenza virus strains. However, each type of target antigen for UIVs has advantages and limitations for the generation of sufficient immune responses against divergent influenza viruses. Herein, we review current strategies and perspectives regarding the use of antigens, including hemagglutinin, neuraminidase, matrix proteins, and internal proteins, for universal influenza vaccine development.
Keywords: antigen; immune response; influenza; universal vaccine.
. 2021 May 24;13(6):973.
doi: 10.3390/v13060973.
Targeting Antigens for Universal Influenza Vaccine Development
Quyen-Thi Nguyen[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Young-Ki Choi[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34073996
- DOI: 10.3390/v13060973
Abstract
Traditional influenza vaccines generate strain-specific antibodies which cannot provide protection against divergent influenza virus strains. Further, due to frequent antigenic shifts and drift of influenza viruses, annual reformulation and revaccination are required in order to match circulating strains. Thus, the development of a universal influenza vaccine (UIV) is critical for long-term protection against all seasonal influenza virus strains, as well as to provide protection against a potential pandemic virus. One of the most important strategies in the development of UIVs is the selection of optimal targeting antigens to generate broadly cross-reactive neutralizing antibodies or cross-reactive T cell responses against divergent influenza virus strains. However, each type of target antigen for UIVs has advantages and limitations for the generation of sufficient immune responses against divergent influenza viruses. Herein, we review current strategies and perspectives regarding the use of antigens, including hemagglutinin, neuraminidase, matrix proteins, and internal proteins, for universal influenza vaccine development.
Keywords: antigen; immune response; influenza; universal vaccine.