Intradermal administration of DNA vaccine targeting Omicron SARS-CoV-2 via pyro-drive jet injector provides the prolonged neutralizing antibody production via germinal center reaction

Abstract Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants are highly contagious with enhanced immune escape mechanisms against the initially approved COVID-19 vaccines. Therefore, we require stable alternative-platform vaccines that confer protection against newer variants of SARS-CoV-2. We designed an Omicron...

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Main Authors: Hiroki Hayashi, Jiao Sun, Yuka Yanagida, Takako Otera, Jiayu A. Tai, Tomoyuki Nishikawa, Kunihiko Yamashita, Naoki Sakaguchi, Shota Yoshida, Satoshi Baba, Chin Yang Chang, Munehisa Shimamura, Sachiko Okamoto, Yasunori Amaishi, Hideto Chono, Junichi Mineno, Hiromi Rakugi, Ryuichi Morishita, Hironori Nakagami
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-40172-y