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A Universal Vaccine for Serogroup B Meningococcus by Giuliani, Marzia M., Adu-Bobie, Jeannette, Comanducci, Maurizio, Aricò, Beatrice, Savino, Silvana, Santini, Laura, Brunelli, Brunella, Bambini, Stefania, Biolchi, Alessia, Capecchi, Barbara, Cartocci, Elena, Ciucchi, Laura, Di Marcello, Federica, Ferlicca, Francesca, Galli, Barbara, Luzzi, Enrico, Masignani, Vega, Serruto, Davide, Veggi, Daniele, Contorni, Mario, Morandi, Maurizio, Bartalesi, Alessandro, Cinotti, Vanda, Mannucci, Donatella, Titta, Francesca, Ovidi, Elisa, Welsch, Jo Anne, Granoff, Dan, Rappuoli, Rino, Pizza, Mariagrazia

“…Meningitis and sepsis caused by serogroup B meningococcus are two severe diseases that still cause significant mortality. To date there is no universal vaccine…”
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NadA, a novel vaccine candidate of Neisseria meningitidis by Comanducci, Maurizio, Bambini, Stefania, Brunelli, Brunella, Adu-Bobie, Jeannette, Aricò, Beatrice, Capecchi, Barbara, Giuliani, Marzia Monica, Masignani, Vega, Santini, Laura, Savino, Silvana, Granoff, Dan M, Caugant, Dominique A, Pizza, Mariagrazia, Rappuoli, Rino, Mora, Marirosa

“…Neisseria meningitidis is a human pathogen, which, in spite of antibiotic therapy, is still a major cause of mortality due to sepsis and meningitis. Here we…”
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NadA Diversity and Carriage in Neisseria meningitidis by COMANDUCCI, Maurizio, BAMBINI, Stefania, CAUGANT, Dominique A, MORA, Marirosa, BRUNELLI, Brunella, CAPECCHI, Barbara, CIUCCHI, Laura, RAPPUOLI, Rino, PIZZA, Mariagrazia

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Neisseria meningitidis NhhA is a multifunctional trimeric autotransporter adhesin by Scarselli, Maria, Serruto, Davide, Montanari, Paolo, Capecchi, Barbara, Adu‐Bobie, Jeannette, Veggi, Daniele, Rappuoli, Rino, Pizza, Mariagrazia, Aricò, Beatrice

“…Summary NhhA, Neisseriahia/hsf homologue, or GNA0992, is an oligomeric outer membrane protein of Neisseria meningitidis, recently included in the family of…”
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Mapping of the Neisseria meningitidis NadA Cell-Binding Site: Relevance of Predicted α-Helices in the NH2-Terminal and Dimeric Coiled-Coil Regions by TAVANO, Regina, CAPECCHI, Barbara, PAPINI, Emanuele, MONTANARI, Paolo, FRANZOSO, Susanna, MARIN, Oriano, SZTUKOWSKA, Maryta, CECCHINI, Paola, SEGAT, Daniela, SCARSELLI, Maria, ARICO, Beatrice

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Human monocytes/macrophages are a target of Neisseria meningitidis Adhesin A (NadA) by Franzoso, Susanna, Mazzon, Cristina, Sztukowska, Maryta, Cecchini, Paola, Kasic, Tihana, Capecchi, Barbara, Tavano, Regina, Papini, Emanuele

“…Specific surface proteins of Neisseria meningitidis have been proposed to stimulate leukocytes during tissue invasion and septic shock. In this study, we…”
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Monocyte-activation test to reliably measure the pyrogenic content of a vaccine: An in vitro pyrogen test to overcome in vivo limitations by Valentini, Sara, Santoro, Giovanna, Baffetta, Federica, Franceschi, Sara, Paludi, Marilena, Brandini, Elisa, Gherardini, Leonardo, Serruto, Davide, Capecchi, Barbara

“…Pyrogen content is one of the critical quality attributes impacting the safety of a product, and there is an increasing need for assays that can reliably…”
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Approaches to Target Conserved Conformational Epitopes in HIV Envelope by Srivastava, Indresh K, Sharma, Victoria, Kan, Elaine, Sun, Yide, Lian, Ying, Connolly, Michael, Zuckermann, Ron, Vita, Claudio, Martin, Erick, Capecchi, Barbara, Masignani, Vega, Megede, Jan zur, Srivastava, Ranjana, Rappuoli, Rino, Donnelly, John, Ulmer, Jeffrey B, Barnett, Susan W

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Neisseria meningitidis NadA is a new invasin which promotes bacterial adhesion to and penetration into human epithelial cells by Capecchi, Barbara, Adu‐Bobie, Jeannette, Di Marcello, Federica, Ciucchi, Laura, Masignani, Vega, Taddei, Annarita, Rappuoli, Rino, Pizza, Mariagrazia, Aricò, Beatrice

“…Summary Neisseria  meningitidis  is  a  human  pathogen,  which is a major cause of sepsis and meningitis. The bacterium colonizes the upper respiratory tract…”
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Impact of preexisting memory to seasonal A/H1N1 influenza virus on the immune response following vaccination against avian A/H5N1 virus by Buricchi, Francesca, Bardelli, Monia, Malzone, Carmine, Capecchi, Barbara, Nicolay, Uwe, Fragapane, Elena, Castellino, Flora, Del Giudice, Giuseppe, Galli, Grazia, Finco, Oretta

“…Cross‐protection against divergent strains of influenza virus is an objective of various vaccination approaches. B cells cross‐neutralizing several influenza A…”
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Pseudoparticle neutralization is a reliable assay to measure immunity and cross-reactivity to H5N1 influenza viruses by Alberini, Isabella, Del Tordello, Elena, Fasolo, Alba, Temperton, Nigel J, Galli, Grazia, Gentile, Chiara, Montomoli, Emanuele, Hilbert, Anne K, Banzhoff, Angelika, Del Giudice, Giuseppe, Donnelly, John J, Rappuoli, Rino, Capecchi, Barbara

“…Abstract The standard serological methods present limitations for the measurement of immunity against H5N1 influenza strains. The hemagglutination inhibition…”
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Identification of Vaccine Candidates against Serogroup B Meningococcus by Whole-Genome Sequencing by Pizza, Mariagrazia, Scarlato, Vincenzo, Masignani, Vega, Giuliani, Marzia Monica, Aricò, Beatrice, Comanducci, Maurizio, Jennings, Gary T., Baldi, Lucia, Bartolini, Erika, Capecchi, Barbara, Galeotti, Cesira L., Luzzi, Enrico, Manetti, Roberto, Marchetti, Elisa, Mora, Marirosa, Nuti, Sandra, Ratti, Giulio, Santini, Laura, Savino, Silvana, Scarselli, Maria, Storni, Elisa, Zuo, Peijun, Broeker, Michael, Hundt, Erika, Knapp, Bernard, Blair, Eric, Mason, Tanya, Tettelin, Hervé, Hood, Derek W., Jeffries, Alex C., Saunders, Nigel J., Granoff, Dan M., Venter, J. Craig, Moxon, E. Richard, Grandi, Guido, Rappuoli, Rino

“…Neisseria meningitidis is a major cause of bacterial septicemia and meningitis. Sequence variation of surface-exposed proteins and cross-reactivity of the…”
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Human heat shock protein (Hsp) 90 interferes with Neisseria meningitidis adhesin A (NadA)‐mediated adhesion and invasion by Montanari, Paolo, Bozza, Giuseppe, Capecchi, Barbara, Caproni, Elena, Barrile, Riccardo, Norais, Nathalie, Capitani, Mirco, Sallese, Michele, Cecchini, Paola, Ciucchi, Laura, Gao, Zhenai, Rappuoli, Rino, Pizza, Mariagrazia, Aricò, Beatrice, Merola, Marcello

“…Summary NadA (N eisseria meningitidisadhesin A), a meningococcal surface protein, mediates adhesion to and invasion of human cells, an activity in which host…”
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Impact of preexisting memory to seasonal A / H 1 N 1 influenza virus on the immune response following vaccination against avian A / H 5 N 1 virus by Buricchi, Francesca, Bardelli, Monia, Malzone, Carmine, Capecchi, Barbara, Nicolay, Uwe, Fragapane, Elena, Castellino, Flora, Del Giudice, Giuseppe, Galli, Grazia, Finco, Oretta

“…Cross‐protection against divergent strains of influenza virus is an objective of various vaccination approaches. B cells cross‐neutralizing several influenza A…”
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Two years into reverse vaccinology by Adu-Bobie, Jeannette, Capecchi, Barbara, Serruto, Davide, Rappuoli, Rino, Pizza, Mariagrazia

“…During the last century, several approaches have been used for the development of vaccines, going from the immunization with live-attenuated bacteria up to the…”
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Biotechnology and vaccines: application of functional genomics to Neisseria meningitidis and other bacterial pathogens by Serruto, Davide, Adu-Bobie, Jeannette, Capecchi, Barbara, Rappuoli, Rino, Pizza, Mariagrazia, Masignani, Vega

“…Since its introduction, vaccinology has been very effective in preventing infectious diseases. However, in several cases, the conventional approach to identify…”
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Mapping of the Neisseria meningitidis NadA Cell-Binding Site: Relevance of Predicted α-Helices in the NH 2 -Terminal and Dimeric Coiled-Coil Regions by Tavano, Regina, Capecchi, Barbara, Montanari, Paolo, Franzoso, Susanna, Marin, Oriano, Sztukowska, Maryta, Cecchini, Paola, Segat, Daniela, Scarselli, Maria, Aricò, Beatrice, Papini, Emanuele

“…NadA is a trimeric autotransporter protein of Neisseria meningitidis belonging to the group of oligomeric coiled-coil adhesins. It is implicated in the…”
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Mapping of the Neisseria meningitidis NadA Cell-Binding Site: Relevance of Predicted -Helices in the NH^sub 2^-Terminal and Dimeric Coiled-Coil Regions by Tavano, Regina, Capecchi, Barbara, Montanari, Paolo, Franzoso, Susanna, Marin, Oriano, Sztukowska, Maryta, Cecchini, Paola, Segat, Daniela, Scarselli, Maria, Aricò, Beatrice, Papini, Emanuele

“…NadA is a trimeric autotransporter protein of Neisseria meningitidis belonging to the group of oligomeric coiled-coil adhesins. It is implicated in the…”
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Mapping of the Neisseria meningitidis NadA cell-binding site: relevance of predicted {alpha}-helices in the NH2-terminal and dimeric coiled-coil regions by Tavano, Regina, Capecchi, Barbara, Montanari, Paolo, Franzoso, Susanna, Marin, Oriano, Sztukowska, Maryta, Cecchini, Paola, Segat, Daniela, Scarselli, Maria, Aricò, Beatrice, Papini, Emanuele

“…NadA is a trimeric autotransporter protein of Neisseria meningitidis belonging to the group of oligomeric coiled-coil adhesins. It is implicated in the…”
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Human heat shock protein (Hsp) 90 interferes with Neisseria meningitidis adhesin A (NadA)-mediated adhesion and invasion: Hsp90 hampers NadA-mediated infectivity by Montanari, Paolo, Bozza, Giuseppe, Capecchi, Barbara, Caproni, Elena, Barrile, Riccardo, Norais, Nathalie, Capitani, Mirco, Sallese, Michele, Cecchini, Paola, Ciucchi, Laura, Gao, Zhenai, Rappuoli, Rino, Pizza, Mariagrazia, Aricò, Beatrice, Merola, Marcello

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