Mechanisms of action of adjuvants

S Awate, LA Babiuk, G Mutwiri - Frontiers in immunology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Adjuvants are used in many vaccines, but their mechanisms of action are not fully
understood. Studies from the past decade on adjuvant mechanisms are slowly revealing the …

The mechanism of action of MF59–an innately attractive adjuvant formulation

DT O'hagan, GS Ott, E De Gregorio, A Seubert - Vaccine, 2012 - Elsevier
MF59 is a safe and effective vaccine adjuvant which was originally approved to be included
in a licensed influenza vaccine to be used in the elderly in Europe in 1997. The MF59 …

Dendrimer-RNA nanoparticles generate protective immunity against lethal Ebola, H1N1 influenza, and Toxoplasma gondii challenges with a single dose

JS Chahal, OF Khan, CL Cooper… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Vaccines have had broad medical impact, but existing vaccine technologies and production
methods are limited in their ability to respond rapidly to evolving and emerging pathogens …

Developments in vaccine adjuvants

FZ Firdaus, M Skwarczynski, I Toth - Vaccine Design: Methods and …, 2022 - Springer
Vaccines, including subunit, recombinant, and conjugate vaccines, require the use of an
immunostimulator/adjuvant for maximum efficacy. Adjuvants not only enhance the strength …

Next-generation TB vaccines: progress, challenges, and prospects

L Zhuang, Z Ye, L Li, L Yang, W Gong - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), is a prevalent global
infectious disease and a leading cause of mortality worldwide. Currently, the only available …

Malaria vaccine: prospects and challenges

AO Hassan, OV Oso, EI Obeagu… - … University journal of …, 2022 - madonnauniversity.edu.ng
Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by the plasmodium genus, malaria can cause a
range of symptoms and life–threatening complications so an early diagnosis is crucial. In …

Alum adjuvant: some of the tricks of the oldest adjuvant

M Kool, K Fierens… - Journal of medical …, 2012 - microbiologyresearch.org
Alum has been the most widely used adjuvant for over 80 years. Although there have been
searches for alternative adjuvants, aluminium-containing adjuvants will continue to be used …

Vaccine adjuvants: smart components to boost the immune system

R Bastola, G Noh, T Keum, S Bashyal, JE Seo… - Archives of pharmacal …, 2017 - Springer
Vaccination is an effective approach to prevent the consequences of infectious diseases.
Vaccines strengthen immunity and make individuals resistant to infections with pathogens …

Outer membrane vesicles: current status and future direction of these novel vaccine adjuvants

K Tan, R Li, X Huang, Q Liu - Frontiers in microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Adjuvants have been of great interest to vaccine formulation as immune-stimulators. Prior to
the recent research in the field of immune stimulation, conventional adjuvants utilized for …

Vaccine adjuvant uses of poly-IC and derivatives

KAO Martins, S Bavari, AM Salazar - Expert review of vaccines, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) are stand-alone immunomodulators or
'danger signals,'that are increasingly recognized as critical components of many modern …