Mechanistic insights into structure-based design of a Lyme disease subunit vaccine
Kalvis Brangulis, Jill Malfetano, Ashley L. Marcinkiewicz, Alan Wang, Yilin Chen, Jungsoon Lee, Zhuyun Liu, Xiuli Yang, Ulrich Strych, Dagnija Tupiņa, Ināra Akopjana, María Elena Bottazzi, Utpal Pal, Ching-Lin Hsieh, Wen‐Hsiang Chen, Yi‐Pin Lin
This study demonstrates that structure-based mutagenesis of CspZ-YA improves antigen stability and immunogenicity, supporting its use in Lyme disease vaccine design.
Nature Communications · Apr 6, 2025Peer-reviewedImmunology