Marco Künzli, Stephen D O'Flanagan, Madeleine LaRue, Poulami Talukder, Thamotharampillai Dileepan, J Michael Stolley, Andrew G Soerens, Clare F Quarnstrom, Sathi Wijeyesinghe, Yanqi Ye, Justine S McPartlan, Jason S Mitchell, Christian W Mandl, Richard Vile, Marc K Jenkins, Rafi Ahmed, Vaiva Vezys, Jasdave S Chahal, David Masopust
Respiratory tract resident memory T cells (TRM ), typically generated by local vaccination or infection, can accelerate control of pulmonary infections that evade neutralizing antibody. It is unknown whether mRNA vaccination establishes respiratory TRM . We generated a self-amplifying mRNA vaccine encoding the influenza A virus nucleoprotein that is encapsulated in modified dendron-based nanoparticles. Here, we report how routes of immunization in mice, including contralateral versus ipsilateral intramuscular boosts, or intravenous and intranasal routes, influenced influenza-specific cell-mediated and humoral immunity...
December 9, 2022: Science Immunology