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作者: Niemeyer, Daniela ; Herwig, Susanne ; Osterrieder, Nikolaus ; Cichon, Günter ; Goffinet, Christine ; Drosten, Christian ; Peidli, Stefan ; Xing, Na ; Martin Vidal, Ricardo ; Goekeri, Cengiz ; Ebenig, Aileen ; Teixeira Alves, Luiz Gustavo ; Witzenrath, Martin ; Simmons, Szandor ; Blüthgen, Nils ; Kazmierski, Julia ; Pennitz, Peter ; Langner, Christine ; Baumgardt, Morris ; Lange, Mona V ; Abdelgawad, Azza ; Voss, Anne ; Mühlebach, Michael D ; Langenhagen, Alina ; Trimpert, Jakob ; Pott, Fabian ; Praktiknjo, Samantha D ; Bushe, Judith ; Gruber, Achim D ; Kunec, Dusan ; Nouailles, Geraldine ; Wyler, Emanuel ; Adler, Julia M ; Landthaler, Markus ; Wu, Haibo
Vaccines play a critical role in combating the COVID-19 pandemic. Future control of the pandemic requires improved vaccines with high efficacy against newly emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants and the ability to reduce virus transmission. Here we compare immune responses and preclinical efficacy of the mRNA vaccine BNT162b2, the adenovirus-vectored spike vaccine Ad2-spike and the live-attenuated virus vaccine candidate sCPD9 in Syrian hamsters, using both homogeneous and heterologous vaccination regimens. Comparative vaccine efficacy was assessed by employing readouts from virus titrations to single-cell RNA sequencing. Our results show that sCPD9 vaccination elicited the most robust immunity, including rapid viral clearance, reduced tissue damage, fast differentiation of pre-plasmablasts, strong systemic and mucosal humoral responses, and rapid recall of memory T cells from lung tissue after challenge with heterologous SARS-CoV-2. Overall, our results demonstrate that live-attenuated vaccines offer advantages over currently available COVID-19 vaccines.