INO-4800 DNA Vaccine Induces Neutralizing Antibodies and T cell Activity Against Global SARS-CoV-2 Variants

Viviane M. Andrade, Aaron Christensen-Quick, Joseph Agnes, Jared Tur, Charles C. Reed, Richa Kalia, Idania Marrero, Dustin Elwood, Katherine Schultheis, Mansi Purwar,

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2021 · 19 citations · 28 references

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Abstract Global surveillance has identified emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC) associated with broadened host specificity, pathogenicity, and immune evasion to vaccine induced immunity. Here we compared humoral and cellular responses against SARS-CoV-2 VOC in subjects immunized with the DNA vaccine, INO-4800. INO-4800 vaccination induced neutralizing antibodies against all variants tested, with reduced levels detected against B.1.351. IFNγ T cell responses were fully maintained against all variants tested.

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