mRNA-based therapeutics: powerful and versatile tools to combat diseases

S Qin, X Tang, Y Chen, K Chen, N Fan… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
The therapeutic use of messenger RNA (mRNA) has fueled great hope to combat a wide
range of incurable diseases. Recent rapid advances in biotechnology and molecular …

Vaccine adjuvants: mechanisms and platforms

T Zhao, Y Cai, Y Jiang, X He, Y Wei, Y Yu… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Adjuvants are indispensable components of vaccines. Despite being widely used in
vaccines, their action mechanisms are not yet clear. With a greater understanding of the …

Lipid nanoparticles enhance the efficacy of mRNA and protein subunit vaccines by inducing robust T follicular helper cell and humoral responses

MG Alameh, I Tombácz, E Bettini, K Lederer… - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
Adjuvants are critical for improving the quality and magnitude of adaptive immune
responses to vaccination. Lipid nanoparticle (LNP)-encapsulated nucleoside-modified …

Immunological considerations for COVID-19 vaccine strategies

M Jeyanathan, S Afkhami, F Smaill, MS Miller… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the most formidable challenge to …

Long-primed germinal centres with enduring affinity maturation and clonal migration

JH Lee, HJ Sutton, CA Cottrell, I Phung, G Ozorowski… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Germinal centres are the engines of antibody evolution. Here, using human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Env protein immunogen priming in rhesus monkeys followed …

Synthetic glycans to improve current glycoconjugate vaccines and fight antimicrobial resistance

L Del Bino, KE Østerlid, DY Wu, F Nonne… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is emerging as the next potential pandemic. Different
microorganisms, including the bacteria Acinetobacter baumannii, Clostridioides difficile …

Glycoconjugates: synthesis, functional studies, and therapeutic developments

SS Shivatare, VS Shivatare, CH Wong - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Glycoconjugates are major constituents of mammalian cells that are formed via covalent
conjugation of carbohydrates to other biomolecules like proteins and lipids and often …

Toward nanotechnology-enabled approaches against the COVID-19 pandemic

C Weiss, M Carriere, L Fusco, I Capua… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The COVID-19 outbreak has fueled a global demand for effective diagnosis and treatment
as well as mitigation of the spread of infection, all through large-scale approaches such as …

Materials engineering strategies for cancer vaccine adjuvant development

X Zhang, B Yang, Q Ni, X Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Cancer vaccines have emerged as a powerful new tool for cancer immunotherapy.
Adjuvants are vaccine ingredients that enhance the strength, velocity, and duration of the …

Immunosenescence and human vaccine immune responses

SN Crooke, IG Ovsyannikova, GA Poland… - Immunity & …, 2019 - Springer
The age-related dysregulation and decline of the immune system—collectively termed
“immunosenescence”—has been generally associated with an increased susceptibility to …