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Ji Q, Wang S, Ma J, Liu Q. A review: Progress in the development of fish Vibrio spp. vaccines. Immunol Lett 2020; 226:46-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2020.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Revised: 06/28/2020] [Accepted: 07/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Ibe MI, Odimegwu DC, Onuigbo EB. Alginate-coated chitosan microparticles encapsulating an oral plasmid-cured live Salmonella enterica serovar Gallinarum vaccine cause a higher expression of interferon-gamma in chickens compared to the parenteral live vaccine. Avian Pathol 2019; 48:423-428. [PMID: 31081347 DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2019.1616673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Salmonella enterica serovar Gallinarum causes a disease in chickens known as fowl typhoid. Interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) has been shown to be crucial in eliminating salmonellosis infection because of its strong association with T-cell responses. This study was undertaken to compare the expression of IFN-γ in chickens generated by different vaccine formulations. Eighty one-day-old Lohmann layer chicks were divided into four groups of 20 birds each for the experiment. This comprised an unvaccinated negative control group (NEG), a group vaccinated with the live 9R vaccine by the injection route (SC), a group vaccinated with alginate-coated chitosan microparticles encapsulating live plasmid-cured S. Gallinarum strain 9 (PC) by the oral route, and a group vaccinated with a weak attenuated live S. Gallinarum strain 9 encapsulated in alginate-coated chitosan microparticles (VM) given orally. Vaccinations were done at 10 and 14 weeks of age followed by challenge at 16 weeks of age. IgG was measured using ELISA. qRT-PCR was used to compare the mRNA fold expression of IFN-γ in the PC, VM and SC groups using the unvaccinated/unchallenged group as the control. There were significant differences in the IgG levels between each vaccinated group and the unvaccinated group (P < 0.05) after booster vaccination and post-challenge. There was 100% protection of the birds in SC and VM groups, 80% protection in PC group and 0% protection in the NEG group. Using 2-ΔΔCT calculation, IFN-γ was more highly expressed in the PC group than in the SC group or VM group. In conclusion, the IFN-γ was more highly expressed in the PC group (though not significantly higher) compared to the SC and VM groups and this could be attributed to the alginate-coated chitosan microparticles which acted as an adjuvant.
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- M I Ibe
- Department of Biotechnology, Godfrey Okoye University , Enugu , Nigeria
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nigeria , Nsukka , Nigeria
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nigeria , Nsukka , Nigeria
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Munang’andu HM, Mutoloki S, Evensen Ø. An Overview of Challenges Limiting the Design of Protective Mucosal Vaccines for Finfish. Front Immunol 2015; 6:542. [PMID: 26557121 PMCID: PMC4617105 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2015.00542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2015] [Accepted: 10/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Research in mucosal vaccination in finfish has gained prominence in the last decade in pursuit of mucosal vaccines that would lengthen the duration of protective immunity in vaccinated fish. However, injectable vaccines have continued to dominate in the vaccination of finfish because they are perceived to be more protective than mucosal vaccines. Therefore, it has become important to identify the factors that limit developing protective mucosal vaccines in finfish as an overture to identifying key areas that require optimization in mucosal vaccine design. Some of the factors that limit the success for designing protective mucosal vaccines for finfish identified in this review include the lack optimized protective antigen doses for mucosal vaccines, absence of immunostimulants able to enhance the performance of non-replicative mucosal vaccines, reduction of systemic antibodies due to prolonged exposure to oral vaccination and the lack of predefined correlates of protective immunity for use in the optimization of newly developed mucosal vaccines. This review also points out the need to develop prime-boost vaccination regimes able to induce long-term protective immunity in vaccinated fish. By overcoming some of the obstacles identified herein, it is anticipated that future mucosal vaccines shall be designed to induce long-term protective immunity in finfish.
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- Hetron Mweemba Munang’andu
- Section of Aquatic Medicine and Nutrition, Department of Basic Sciences and Aquatic Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Biosciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway
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- Section of Aquatic Medicine and Nutrition, Department of Basic Sciences and Aquatic Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Biosciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway
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- Section of Aquatic Medicine and Nutrition, Department of Basic Sciences and Aquatic Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Biosciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway
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Sun S, Zheng K, Zhao H, Lu C, Liu B, Yu C, Zhang G, Bian Z, Lu A, He X. Regulatory effect of astragalus polysaccharides on intestinal intraepithelial γδT cells of tumor bearing mice. Molecules 2014; 19:15224-36. [PMID: 25251192 PMCID: PMC6271644 DOI: 10.3390/molecules190915224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2014] [Revised: 09/11/2014] [Accepted: 09/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Astragalus polysaccharides (APS) possess multiple immunomodulatory activities. Due to its high molecular weight, orally administration of APS is not easily absorbed into the blood stream, and how APS exerts its capacity in vivo is still not well elucidated. We assume that enteric mucosal immune response might trigger the immune regulation of APS, and our previous studies demonstrated that APS had regulatory activity on intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs). Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the functions of APS on intestinal intraepithelial γδT cells, a major subset in IELs and an essential component of maintaining homeostasis and immune regulation in enteric mucosa. Results showed that APS could promote proliferation and function of intestinal intraepithelial γδT cells in vitro, the IFN-γ, FasL and GrB mRNA levels in γδT cells were all significantly increased. Moreover, APS also improved the activity of intestinal intraepithelial γδT cells in vivo, as cytokines production and cytotoxicity of γδT cells were all remarkably improved in tumor-bearing mice treated with APS. In addition, the levels of TNF-α and IFN-γ were significantly increased, whereas the levels of IL-10 and TGF-β were significantly decreased in tumor-bearing mice treated with APS. In conclusion, this study demonstrated that APS could improve proliferation and function of intestinal intraepithelial γδT cells, which might an important pathway for immunomodulation of APS in cancer therapy.
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- Shuyu Sun
- Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
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- School of Life Science and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 611756, China.
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- Institute of Basic Theory, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
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- Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
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- School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China.
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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- School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China.
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- School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China.
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- Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
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- Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
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Recombinant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium as a vaccine vector for HIV-1 Gag. Viruses 2013; 5:2062-78. [PMID: 23989890 PMCID: PMC3798890 DOI: 10.3390/v5092062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2013] [Revised: 08/05/2013] [Accepted: 08/22/2013] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The HIV/AIDS epidemic remains a global health problem, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. An effective HIV-1 vaccine is therefore badly required to mitigate this ever-expanding problem. Since HIV-1 infects its host through the mucosal surface, a vaccine for the virus needs to trigger mucosal as well as systemic immune responses. Oral, attenuated recombinant Salmonella vaccines offer this potential of delivering HIV-1 antigens to both the mucosal and systemic compartments of the immune system. So far, a number of pre-clinical studies have been performed, in which HIV-1 Gag, a highly conserved viral antigen possessing both T- and B-cell epitopes, was successfully delivered by recombinant Salmonella vaccines and, in most cases, induced HIV-specific immune responses. In this review, the potential use of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium as a live vaccine vector for HIV-1 Gag is explored.
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Thomas C, Gupta V, Ahsan F. Influence of surface charge of PLGA particles of recombinant hepatitis B surface antigen in enhancing systemic and mucosal immune responses. Int J Pharm 2009; 379:41-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2009.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2009] [Revised: 05/28/2009] [Accepted: 06/03/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Jia R, Guo JH, Fan MW, Bian Z, Chen Z, Fan B, Yu F, Xu QA. Immunogenicity of CTLA4 fusion anti-caries DNA vaccine in rabbits and monkeys. Vaccine 2006; 24:5192-200. [PMID: 16675075 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.03.090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2005] [Revised: 03/27/2006] [Accepted: 03/28/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Enhancement of mucosal and systemic immune responses is still a challenge for the application of DNA vaccine. Here, we show anti-caries DNA vaccines, pGJA-P and pGJA-P/VAX, encoding Streptococcus mutans antigens fused to cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA4), which binds to B7 molecule expressed on the surfaces of antigen-presenting cells. Rabbits and monkeys were immunized via intranasal or intramuscular routes. The fusion vaccine induced accelerated and increased specific antibody responses in serum and saliva compared with non-fusion DNA vaccine in rabbits. Significant specific serum IgG and salivary IgA levels could be detected in fusion vaccine-immunized monkeys. Therefore, this study demonstrates that fusing antigens to CTLA4 results in enhancing immune efficacy and strongly suggests that it may represent a promising approach to prevent dental caries or other mucosal infectious diseases. These findings also suggest that CTLA4 fusion anti-caries DNA vaccine may be effective immunogen in primates.
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- Rong Jia
- Key Laboratory for Oral Biomedical Engineering of Ministry of Education, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, 237 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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Bivas-Benita M, Ottenhoff THM, Junginger HE, Borchard G. Pulmonary DNA vaccination: concepts, possibilities and perspectives. J Control Release 2005; 107:1-29. [PMID: 16054263 PMCID: PMC7114572 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2005.05.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2005] [Accepted: 05/27/2005] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Mucosal immunity establishes the first line of defence against pathogens entering the body via mucosal surfaces. Besides eliciting both local and systemic immunity, mucosal vaccination strategies that are non-invasive in nature may increase patient compliance and reduce the need for vaccine application by trained personnel. A relatively new concept is mucosal immunization using DNA vaccines. The advantages of DNA vaccines, such as the opportunity to combine the genetic information of various antigen epitopes and stimulatory cytokines, the enhanced stability and ease of production make this class of vaccines attractive and suitable for mucosal application. In contrast to the area of intranasal vaccination, only a few recent studies have focused on pulmonary immunization and the involvement of the pulmonary immune system in eliciting protective immune responses against inhaled pathogens. This review focuses on DNA vaccine delivery to the lung as a promising approach to prevent pulmonary-associated diseases caused by inhaled pathogens. Attractive immunological features of the lung as a site for immunization, the mechanisms of action of DNA vaccines and the pulmonary application of such vaccines using novel delivery systems will be discussed. We also examine pulmonary diseases prone to prevention or therapeutical intervention by application of DNA vaccines.
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- Maytal Bivas-Benita
- Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research, Division of Pharmaceutical Technology, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Sun CJ, Pan SP, Xie QX, Xiao LJ. Preparation of chitosan-plasmid DNA nanoparticles encoding zona pellucida glycoprotein-3alpha and its expression in mouse. Mol Reprod Dev 2005; 68:182-8. [PMID: 15095339 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In the present study, the porcine zona pellucida (ZP)-3alpha eukaryotic expression vector pVAX1-pZP3alpha was constructed by genetic recombinant technology, then the recombinant plasmid was encapsulated in nanoparticles with chitosan, and the imaging of chitosan/pVAX1-pZP3alpha nanoparticles by Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) was processed. Feeding mouse with those microencapsulation by gastric larvae, and after 5 days, detecting its expression in mouse intestine by RT-PCR and indirect immunofluorescence (IIF). Results show that the porcine ZP-3alpha eukaryotic expression vector pVAX1-pZP3alpha had been constructed correctly, and the chitosan-DNA expressing ZP microencapsulation was prepared successfully. After 5 days of feeding mouse, the transcription and expression of those DNA vaccines were found in mouse alvine chorion. The preparation of chitosan/pVAX1-pZP3alpha plasmid DNA nanoparticles and its expression in mice will help to investigate the feasibility of ZP DNA vaccine to induce oviduct local mucosal immunity against ZP to block the fertilization without causing ovarian dysfunction, which will provide new ideas and ways for research and exploiting more effective, more convenient oral contraceptive vaccines.
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- Cai-Jun Sun
- Research Center for Reproductive Immunology, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510632, China
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Moschos SA, Bramwell VW, Somavarapu S, Alpar HO. Adjuvant synergy: The effects of nasal coadministration of adjuvants. Immunol Cell Biol 2004; 82:628-37. [PMID: 15550121 DOI: 10.1111/j.0818-9641.2004.01280.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Modern peptide and protein subunit vaccines suffer from poor immunogenicity and require the use of adjuvants. However, none of the currently licensed adjuvants can elicit cell-mediated immunity or are suitable for mucosal immunization. In this study we explored the immunological effect of nasal co-administration of adjuvants with distinct functions: cholera toxin subunit B, a potent mucosal adjuvant that induces strong humoral responses, muramy di-peptide (MDP), an adjuvant known to elicit cell mediated immunity but rarely used nasally, and chitosan, an adjuvant that achieves specific physiological effects on mucosal membranes that improve antigen uptake. Groups of five female BALB/c mice received on days 1 and 56 nasal instillations of the recombinant Helicobacter pylori antigen urease admixed to single or multiple adjuvant combinations. Serum IgG kinetics were followed over 24 weeks. At the conclusion of the experiment, local antibody responses were determined and antigen-specific recall responses in splenocyte cultures were assayed for proliferation and cytokine production. The combination of adjuvants was shown to further contribute to the increased antigenicity of recombinant H. pylori urease. The data presented here outline and support facilitation of increased immunomodulation by an adjuvant previously defined as an effective mucosal adjuvant (chitosan) for another adjuvant (MDP) that is not normally effective via this route.
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- S A Moschos
- Centre for Drug Delivery Research, Department of Pharmaceutics, The School of Pharmacy, University of London, London, UK
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Bivas-Benita M, Oudshoorn M, Romeijn S, van Meijgaarden K, Koerten H, van der Meulen H, Lambert G, Ottenhoff T, Benita S, Junginger H, Borchard G. Cationic submicron emulsions for pulmonary DNA immunization. J Control Release 2004; 100:145-55. [PMID: 15491818 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2004.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2004] [Accepted: 08/03/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Pulmonary immunization against inhaled pathogens such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis would induce local and systemic immune responses and protect from entry and dissemination of the pathogen. The aim of this study was to evaluate cationic submicron emulsion as a potential carrier for DNA vaccines to the lung. DNA loaded emulsions were 128-152 nm in size and retained positive zeta potential above +40 mV during 3 months of storage. Loading efficiency was above 99%, DNA was protected from DNase I degradation up to 60 min and was stable in presence of 75% fetal calf serum (FCS). The plasmid DNA was detected in the endo-lysosomal compartment of the human bronchial cell line, Calu-3, 6 h after application. No cytotoxic effect on these cells was observed. Human dendritic cells were matured in presence of DNA loaded emulsion, although to a lesser extent than DNA solution indicating slower release and lower exposure to unmethylated CpG sequences. These results indicate that cationic submicron emulsions are potential DNA vaccine carriers to the lung since they are able to transfect pulmonary epithelial cells, which possibly induce cross priming of antigen presenting cells and directly activate dendritic cells, resulting in stimulation of antigen specific T-cells.
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- Maytal Bivas-Benita
- Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research, Division of Pharmaceutical Technology, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
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McKenzie BS, Corbett AJ, Brady JL, Dyer CM, Strugnell RA, Kent SJ, Kramer DR, Boyle JS, Lew AM. Nucleic acid vaccines: tasks and tactics. Immunol Res 2002; 24:225-44. [PMID: 11817323 DOI: 10.1385/ir:24:3:225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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There are no adequate vaccines against some of the new or reemerged infectious scourges such as HIV and TB. They may require strong and enduring cell-mediated immunity to be elicited. This is quite a task, as the only known basis of protection by current commercial vaccines is antibody. As DNA or RNA vaccines may induce both cell-mediated and humoral immunity, great interest has been shown in them. However, doubt remains whether their efficacy will suffice for their clinical realization. We look at the various tactics to increase the potency of nucleic acid vaccines and divided them broadly under those affecting delivery and those affecting immune induction. For delivery, we have considered ways of improving uptake and the use of bacterial, replicon or viral vectors. For immune induction, we considered aspects of immunostimulatory CpG motifs, coinjection of cytokines or costimulators and alterations of the antigen, its cellular localization and its anatomical localization including the use of ligand-targeting to lymphoid tissue. We also thought that mucosal application of DNA deserved a separate section. In this review, we have taken the liberty to discuss these enhancement methods, whenever possible, in the context of the underlying mechanisms that might argue for or against these strategies.
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- B S McKenzie
- The Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia
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Hess J, Schaible U, Raupach B, Kaufmann SH. Exploiting the immune system: toward new vaccines against intracellular bacteria. Adv Immunol 2001; 75:1-88. [PMID: 10879281 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2776(00)75001-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- J Hess
- Department of Immunology, Max-Planck-Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany
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Shedlock DJ, Weiner DB. DNA vaccination: antigen presentation and the induction of immunity. J Leukoc Biol 2000. [DOI: 10.1189/jlb.68.6.793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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- Devon J. Shedlock
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Pillai DR, Kain KC. Recent developments in amoebiasis:the Gal/GalNAc lectins of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar. Microbes Infect 2000; 2:1775-83. [PMID: 11137050 DOI: 10.1016/s1286-4579(00)01330-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Amoebiasis is responsible for 50000-100000 deaths annually. Invasive amoebic disease begins with the attachment of Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites to colonic mucin, a process mediated by the amoebic Gal/GalNAc lectin. The non-pathogenic counterpart, E. dispar, is morphologically identical but genetically distinct. Investigations comparing the Gal/GalNac lectin from these two organisms are under way.
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- D R Pillai
- Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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