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    • 3. 发明申请
    • CORONAVIRUS VACCINE
    • WO2021213924A1
    • 2021-10-28
    • PCT/EP2021/059947
    • 2021-04-16
    • BIONTECH SE
    • SAHIN, UgurGÜLER, AlptekinKUHN, AndreasMUIK, AlexanderVOGEL, AnnetteWALZER, KerstinWITZEL, SonjaHEIN, StephanieTÜRECI, Özlem
    • A61K39/12A61K39/00
    • This disclosure relates to the field of RNA to prevent or treat coronavirus infection. In particular, the present disclosure relates to methods and agents for vaccination against coronavirus infection and inducing effective coronavirus antigen-specific immune responses such as antibody and/or T cell responses. These methods and agents are, in particular, useful for the prevention or treatment of coronavirus infection. Administration of RNA disclosed herein to a subject can protect the subject against coronavirus infection. Specifically, in one embodiment, the present disclosure relates to methods comprising administering to a subject RNA encoding a peptide or protein comprising an epitope of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (S protein) for inducing an immune response against coronavirus S protein, in particular S protein of SARS-CoV-2, in the subject, i.e., vaccine RNA encoding vaccine antigen. Administering to the subject RNA encoding vaccine antigen may provide (following expression of the RNA by appropriate target cells) vaccine antigen for inducing an immune response against vaccine antigen (and disease-associated antigen) in the subject. In December 2019, a pneumonia outbreak of unknown cause occurred in Wuhan, China and it became clear that a novel coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; SARS-CoV-2) was the underlying cause. The genetic sequence of SARS-CoV-2 became available to the WHO and public (MN908947.3) and the virus was categorized into the betacoronavirus subfamily. By sequence analysis, the phylogenetic tree revealed a closer relationship to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus isolates than to another coronavirus infecting humans, namely the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) virus. On February 2nd, a total of 14'557 cases were globally confirmed in 24 countries including Germany and a subsequent self-sustaining, human-to-human virus spread resulted in that SARS-CoV-2 became a global epidemic.