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BIOMEDICAL JOURNAL OF PIROGOV UNIVERSITY (MOSCOW, RUSSIA)
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This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY).
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Comparison of the efficacy of mRNA vaccines against M. tuberculosis based on linear and circular RNAs
About authors
1 Sirius University of Science and Technology, Sirius, Russia
2 Central Tuberculosis Research Institute, Moscow, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Vasily V. Reshetnikov
Olimpiysky prospekt, 1, Sochi, 354340, Russia; ur.hepsuitnalat@vv.vokintehser, Vladimir V. Yeremeev, Yauzskaya alleya, 2, Moscow, 107564; Russia; ur.liam@65veemerey
About paper
Funding: the study was conducted within the framework of the State Assignment of the Central Tuberculosis Research Institute, R&D project: FURE-2025-0018.
Acknowledgements: the authors express their gratitude to O.V. Zaborova, staff member of the Sirius University of Science and Technology, for formulation of mRNA into lipid nanoparticles and E.I. Chebanyuk, staff member of the biotechnology laboratory of the Central Tuberculosis Research Institute, for assistance in animal handling and setting the experiments involving lineal mice.
Author contribution: Kirshina AS, Khlebnikova AS — mRNA vaccine preparation, planning the experiment, manuscript writing; Kozlova AV, Kunyk DA, Maslov AA — mRNA vaccine preparation; Shepelkova GS — experimental procedure, data analysis; Yeremeev VV, Ivanov RA — planning the experiment, manuscript editing; Reshetnikov VV — mRNA vaccine preparation, planning the experiment, manuscript editing.
Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Central Tuberculosis Research Institute (protocol No. 3/2 dated 11 May 2022) and conducted in accordance with the Order of the Ministry of Health No. 755 and the Guidelines issued by the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (А5502-01).
Received: 2025-07-22
Accepted: 2025-08-17
Published online: 2025-08-26