Everything about VP8

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: VP8A 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: mRNA-based VP8* nanoparticle vaccines against rotavirus are highly immunogenic in rodentsInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: The scholemasterThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Cell attachment protein VP8* of a human rotavirus specifically interacts with A-type histo-blood group antigenCited 315 times
5. Go sideways: VP9A closely related topic
6. Go sideways: WebMA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Cell attachment protein VP8* of a human rotavirus specifically interacts with A-type histo-blood group antigen

  Liya Hu, Sue E. Crawford, Rita Czako · 2012 · Nature · 315 citations

• Spike Protein VP8* of Human Rotavirus Recognizes Histo-Blood Group Antigens in a Type-Specific Manner

  Pengwei Huang, Ming Xia, Ming Tan · 2012 · Journal of Virology · 247 citations

• Rotavirus VP8*: Phylogeny, Host Range, and Interaction with Histo-Blood Group Antigens

  Yang Liu, Pengwei Huang, Ming Tan · 2012 · Journal of Virology · 170 citations

• Antibodies to the trypsin cleavage peptide VP8 neutralize rotavirus by inhibiting binding of virions to target cells in culture

  F M Ruggeri, H B Greenberg · 1991 · Journal of Virology · 139 citations

• The rotavirus surface protein VP8 modulates the gate and fence function of tight junctions in epithelial cells

  Porfirio Nava, Susana López, Carlos F. Arias · 2004 · Journal of Cell Science · 131 citations

• Safety and immunogenicity of a parenteral P2-VP8-P[8] subunit rotavirus vaccine in toddlers and infants in South Africa: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

  Michelle J Groome, Anthonet Koen, Alan Fix · 2017 · The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 122 citations

• The VP8 fragment of VP4 is the rhesus rotavirus hemagglutinin

  Lucia Fiore, Harry B. Greenberg, Erich R. Mackow · 1991 · Virology · 121 citations

• The VP8* Domain of Neonatal Rotavirus Strain G10P[11] Binds to Type II Precursor Glycans

  Sasirekha Ramani, Nicolas W. Cortes-Penfield, Liya Hu · 2013 · Journal of Virology · 92 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• mRNA-based VP8* nanoparticle vaccines against rotavirus are highly immunogenic in rodents

  Sandro Roier, Vidya Mangala Prasad, Monica M. McNeal · 2023 · npj Vaccines · 28 citations

• The rotavirus VP5*/VP8* conformational transition permeabilizes membranes to Ca2+

  Marilina de Sautu, Tobias Herrmann, Gustavo Scanavachi · 2024 · PLOS Pathogens · 16 citations

• VP8 Mosaic Nanoparticles Elicit Cross-Neutralizing Immune Responses and Provide Protection Against Heterotypic Rotavirus Challenge in Mice

  Feibo Song, Yuanjun Zeng, Roufang Sheng · 2024 · ACS Nano · 10 citations

• The role and implication of rotavirus VP8∗ in viral infection and vaccine development

  Shalini Soni, Michael A. Kennedy, Dan Wang · 2025 · Virology · 8 citations

• Safety, immunogenicity, and relative efficacy of a parenteral trivalent rotavirus subunit vaccine candidate (TV P2-VP8) in healthy Ghanaian, Malawian, and Zambian infants

  Tushar Tewari, George Armah, Nigel A. Cunliffe · 2026 · Vaccine · 6 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• The scholemasterRoger Ascham · 1571
• The scholemasterRoger Ascham · 1570
• Unix System Administration HandbookEvi Nemeth, Garth Snyder · 1989
• Data Communications and NetworkingBehrouz A. Forouzan, Catherine Ann Coombs · 2000
• 📕Toy safetyUnited States. National Bureau of Standards. · 1975
• Dictionary of American naval aviation squadronsRoy A. Grossnick · 1995
• Engineering GraphicsA. M. Chandra, S. Chandra · 2004
• 📕Himachal Himalaya ecology and environmentS. K. Chadha · 1973

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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