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Bioreactor-Grown Bacillus of Calmette and Guérin (BCG) Vaccine Protects Badgers against Virulent Mycobacterium bovis When Administered Orally: Identifying Limitations in Baited Vaccine Delivery

Pharmaceutics, 2020
Bovine tuberculosis (TB) in Great Britain adversely affects animal health and welfare and is a cause of considerable economic loss. The situation is exacerbated by European badgers (Meles meles) acting as a wildlife source of recurrent Mycobacterium ...
Sandrine Lesellier, Colin P. D. Birch, Dipesh Davé, Deanna Dalley, Sonya Gowtage, Simonette Palmer, Claire McKenna, Gareth A. Williams, Roland Ashford, Ute Weyer, Sarah Beatham, Julia Coats, Alex Nunez, Pedro Sanchez-Cordon, John Spiropoulos, Stephen Powell, Jason Sawyer, Jordan Pascoe, Charlotte Hendon-Dunn, Joanna Bacon, Mark A. Chambers   +20 more
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Oral and Subcutaneous Immunization with a Plant-Produced Mouse-Specific Zona Pellucida 3 Peptide Presented on Hepatitis B Core Antigen Virus-like Particles

Vaccines, 2023
A short mouse-specific peptide from zona pellucida 3 (mZP3, amino acids 328–342) has been shown to be associated with antibody-mediated contraception. In this study, we investigated the production of mZP3 in the plant, as an orally applicable host, and ...
Khadijeh Ghasemian, Inge Broer, Jennifer Schön, Richard Killisch, Nadine Kolp, Armin Springer, Jana Huckauf   +6 more
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Liquid Crystalline Inverted Lipid Phases and Reverse Micelles in Drug Delivery: From Molecular Design to Therapeutic Potential

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Liquid crystalline inverted lipid phases and reverse micelles are self‐assembled lipid nanostructures that enhance the solubility, stability, and delivery of diverse therapeutics. This review integrates their physicochemical principles, formulation strategies, drug loading mechanisms, and biomedical applications, highlighting their growing ...
Numan Eczacioglu, Mulazim Hussain Asim, Soheil Haddadzadegan, Andreas Bernkop‐Schnürch   +3 more
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Respiratory antiviral immunity and immunobiotics: Beneficial effects on inflammation-coagulation interaction during influenza virus infection [PDF]

, 2016
Influenza virus (IFV) is a major respiratory pathogen of global importance, and the cause of a high degree of morbidity and mortality, especially in high-risk populations such as infants, elderly, and immunocompromised hosts.
Alvarez, Gladis Susana, Kitazawa, Haruki, Villena, Julio Cesar, Zelaya, María Hortensia del Rosario   +3 more
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Nano‐ and Micro‐Sized Solid Materials Used as Antiviral Agents

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Due to the rise of viral infections in humans and possible viral outbreaks, the use of nano‐ or micro‐sized materials as antiviral agents is rapidly increasing. This review explores their antiviral properties against RNA and DNA viruses, either as a prevention or a treatment tool, by delving into their mechanisms of action and how to properly assess ...
Orfeas‐Evangelos Plastiras, Imelda Raczkiewicz, Peggy Bouquet, Jean‐Philippe Dacquin, Jeremy Dhainaut, Anne Goffard, Christophe Volkringer   +6 more
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Effective Immune Protection of Mice from Murine Cytomegalovirus Infection by Oral Salmonella-Based Vaccine Expressing Viral M78 Antigen

Vaccines
Background: Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common cause of viral congenital infections worldwide. The development of effective vaccines against human CMV infection and disease is a high priority. Attenuated Salmonella are attractive oral vaccine
Yujun Liu, Hao Gong, Jiaming Zhu, Fenyong Liu   +3 more
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Reduced prevalence of oral human papillomavirus (HPV) 4 years after bivalent HPV vaccination in a randomized clinical trial in Costa Rica.

PLoS ONE, 2013
BackgroundHuman papillomavirus (HPV) infection, particularly with type 16, causes a growing fraction of oropharyngeal cancers, whose incidence is increasing, mainly in developed countries.
Rolando Herrero, Wim Quint, Allan Hildesheim, Paula Gonzalez, Linda Struijk, Hormuzd A Katki, Carolina Porras, Mark Schiffman, Ana Cecilia Rodriguez, Diane Solomon, Silvia Jimenez, John T Schiller, Douglas R Lowy, Leen-Jan van Doorn, Sholom Wacholder, Aimée R Kreimer, CVT Vaccine Group   +16 more
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Recombinant Lactococcus Lactis Expressing M1-HA2 Fusion Protein Provides Protective Mucosal Immunity Against H9N2 Avian Influenza Virus in Chickens

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020
H9N2 subtype low pathogenicity avian influenza virus (LPAIV) is distributed worldwide and causes enormous economic losses in the poultry industry. Despite immunization of almost all chickens with inactivated vaccines, the disease still remains widespread.
Zhou Sha, Zhou Sha, Hongqi Shang, Hongqi Shang, Yongqiang Miao, Yongqiang Miao, Jin Huang, Jin Huang, Xiangyun Niu, Xiangyun Niu, Ruichang Chen, Ruichang Chen, Liping Hu, He Huang, Kai Wei, Kai Wei, Ruiliang Zhu, Ruiliang Zhu   +17 more
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Breast Cancer Vaccine: Are We There Yet? [PDF]

, 2012
In lieu of an abstract, here is the article\u27s first paragraph: Breast cancer is the most fatal form of cancer for female population worldwide. National Cancer Institute (NCI) estimates 226,870 females and 2,190 males to be diagnosed with breast cancer
Chablani, Lipika
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Redefining Therapies for Drug‐Resistant Tuberculosis: Synergistic Effects of Antimicrobial Peptides, Nanotechnology, and Computational Design

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Antimicrobial peptide (AMP)‐loaded nanocarriers provide a multifunctional strategy to combat drug‐resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. By enhancing intracellular delivery, bypassing efflux pumps, and disrupting bacterial membranes, this platform restores phagolysosome fusion and macrophage function.
Christian S. Carnero Canales, Jessica Ingrid Marquez Cazorla, Renzo Marianito Marquez Cazorla, Aline Martins dos Santos, Jonatas Lobato Duarte, Letícia Oliveira Catarin Nunes, Túlio Custódio Reis, Lara Cerazi Salvador, Norival Alves Santos‐Filho, Rafael Miguel Sábio, Hélder A. Santos, Fernando Rogério Pavan   +11 more
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