The TLR2/6 ligand PAM2CSK4 is a Th2 polarizing adjuvant in Leishmania major and Brugia malayi murine vaccine models. [PDF]
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play an important role in the innate and adaptive immune responses to pathogens, and are the target of new vaccine adjuvants.
Bates, PA +4 more
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New Points of Departure for More Global Influenza Vaccine Use
Each year, influenza causes a significant acute respiratory disease burden. In addition, influenza pandemics periodically occur. Annual vaccination is the best tool for influenza prevention, but its effectiveness can vary from year to year.
Irina Kiseleva
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Synthetic Vaccines from Tumor-Associated Glycopeptide Antigens
The aberrantly glycosylated and extensively over-expressed membrane-bound mucin MUC1 glycoprotein forms a tumor specific epitope on the surface of epithelial cells.
Ulrika Westerlind, Horst Kunz
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Visceral Leishmaniasis: Advancements in vaccine development via classical and molecular approaches
Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) or kala-azar, a vector-borne protozoan disease, shows endemicity in larger areas of the tropical, subtropical and the Mediterranean countries.
Sumit eJoshi +5 more
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Advances in the design and development of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines
Since the end of 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread worldwide.
Xue-Liang Peng +6 more
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Designing synthetic vaccines for HIV [PDF]
Despite three decades of intensive research efforts, the development of an effective prophylactic vaccine against HIV remains an unrealized goal in the global campaign to contain the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Recent characterization of novel epitopes for inducing broadly neutralizing antibodies has fueled research in the design and synthesis of new, well ...
Alberto Fernández-Tejada +2 more
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Spirochetal Lipoproteins and Immune Evasion. [PDF]
Spirochetes are a major threat to public health. However, the exact pathogenesis of spirochetal diseases remains unclear. Spirochetes express lipoproteins that often determine the cross talk between the host and spirochetes.
Boyadjian, Ani +2 more
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Experience and Challenges from Clinical Trials with Malaria Vaccines in Africa. [PDF]
Malaria vaccines are considered amongst the most important modalities for potential elimination of malaria disease and transmission. Research and development in this field has been an area of intense effort by many groups over the last few decades ...
A Nyika +67 more
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Identification of hepatitis a virus mimotopes by phage display, antigenicity and immunogenicity [PDF]
A phage-displayed peptide approach was used to identify ligands mimicking antigenic determinants of hepatitis A virus (HAV) for the first time. Bacteriophages displaying HAV mimotopes were isolated from a phage-display peptide library by affinity ...
Alicia Aguilar +54 more
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CD4+ Th immunogenicity of the Ascaris spp. secreted products [PDF]
Ascaris spp. is a major health problem of humans and animals alike, and understanding the immunogenicity of its antigens is required for developing urgently needed vaccines.
Bertazzon, Miriam +6 more
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