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The history of vaccination against cytomegalovirus

Plotkin, Stanley·2015·Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Abstract

Cytomegalovirus vaccine development started in the 1970s with attenuated strains. In the 1980s, one of the strains was shown to be safe and effective in renal transplant patients. Then, attention switched to glycoprotein gB, which was shown to give moderate but transient protection against acquisition of the virus by women. The identification of the pp65 tegument protein as the principal target of cellular immune responses resulted in new approaches, particularly DNA, plasmids to protect hematogenous stem cell recipients. The subsequent discovery of the pentameric protein complex that generates most neutralizing antibodies led to efforts to incorporate that complex into vaccines. At this point, there are many candidate CMV vaccines, including live recombinants, replication-defective virus, DNA plasmids, soluble pentameric proteins, peptides, virus-like particles and vectored envelope proteins.

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Authors
Plotkin, S.
Affiliations
University of Pennsylvania (US)
Corresponding author
Plotkin, Stanley
Venue
Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Published
2015-03-20
Volume
204
Issue
3
Pages
247-254
ISSN
  • 0044-3077 (ISSN-L)
  • 0300-8584
  • 1432-1831
OpenAlex
W2155955448
Cited by
71
References
72
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 4
FWCI
1.65
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Medical Microbiology and Immunology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Animal Virus Infections Studies
Keywords
cytomegalovirus vaccine, vaccine development history, kidney transplant recipients, cell-mediated immunity, DNA plasmid vaccine, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, neutralizing antibodies, replication-defective virus, virus-like particles, envelope protein, vaccine candidate
MeSH terms
Antibodies, Viral, Cytomegalovirus Infections, Cytomegalovirus, Humans, Vaccination, Cytomegalovirus Vaccines, History, 20th Century, History, 21st Century, Antibodies, Neutralizing

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