Immunogenicity of DNA Vaccines against COVID-19 That Encode B- and T-Cell Immunogens after Combined Injection
摘要
The possibility of enhancing the immune response to a DNA vaccine encoding an artificial polyepitope T-cell immunogen containing a large number of conserved epitopes from different proteins of SARS-CoV-2 virus (pBSI-COV-Ub) was assessed by additional introduction of a plasmid encoding the secreted receptor-binding domain of the of SARS-CoV-2 S protein (pVAXrbd). Both a specific humoral response and a cellular response of broad specificity were observed in animals co-injected with pBSI-COV-Ub and pVAXrbd. This indicates the potential of this approach as a vaccine strategy.