Copenhagen, 5 March 2015 Identification of the most immunogenic/protective VLP-HA construct in mice Department of Immunology Development of a universal influenza vaccine based on tandem core technology
Schematic of VLP-HA constructs Modified from Steel et al, mBio 2010 ΔHA stalk (HA ): GGGG
VLP-HA constructs ΔHA stalk (HA ): HA : HA : HA : LAH (HA ): HA : HA : HA : HA : HA :
Immune response to VLP-HAs
Immunization with VLP-Has protects mice in vivo ΔHA stalk (HA ): HA : HA : LAH (HA ):
IgG-specific antibody response of mice vaccinated with VLP-HAs ΔHA stalk (HA ): HA : HA : LAH (HA ):
HA (LAH) of different HA subtypes
Ongoing Work Immunization with new VLPs in mice In vivo challenge-protection assay with H3N2 Micro-neutralization and ADCC assays