Virus-like particles as preventive and therapeutic cancer vaccines

AL Tornesello, M Tagliamonte, FM Buonaguro… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Virus-like particles (VLPs) are self-assembled viral protein complexes that mimic the native
virus structure without being infectious. VLPs, similarly to wild type viruses, are able to …

Platforms, advances, and technical challenges in virus-like particles-based vaccines

R Gupta, K Arora, SS Roy, A Joseph… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Viral infectious diseases threaten human health and global stability. Several vaccine
platforms, such as DNA, mRNA, recombinant viral vectors, and virus-like particle-based …

Pre-clinical evaluation of a quadrivalent HCV VLP vaccine in pigs following microneedle delivery

D Christiansen, L Earnest-Silveira, B Grubor-Bauk… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
The introduction of directly acting antiviral agents (DAAs) has produced significant
improvements in the ability to cure chronic hepatitis C infection. However, with over 2% of …

Development of virus-like particles with inbuilt immunostimulatory properties as vaccine candidates

S Collett, L Earnest, J Carrera Montoya… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The development of virus-like particle (VLP) based vaccines for human papillomavirus,
hepatitis B and hepatitis E viruses represented a breakthrough in vaccine development …

Identification of a flavonoid isolated from plum (Prunus domestica) as a potent inhibitor of Hepatitis C virus entry

M Bose, M Kamra, R Mullick, S Bhattacharya, S Das… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major cause of chronic liver diseases that often
requires liver transplantation. The standard therapies are limited by severe side effects …

A hepatitis C virus DNA vaccine encoding a secreted, oligomerized form of envelope proteins is highly immunogenic and elicits neutralizing antibodies in vaccinated …

MG Masavuli, DK Wijesundara, A Underwood… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) persistently infects approximately 71 million people globally. To
prevent infection a vaccine which elicits neutralizing antibodies against the virus envelope …

Immunological responses following administration of a genotype 1a/1b/2/3a quadrivalent HCV VLP vaccine

D Christiansen, L Earnest-Silveira, B Chua… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
The significant public health problem of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been partially
addressed with the advent of directly acting antiviral agents (DAAs). However, the …

Preclinical development and production of virus-like particles as vaccine candidates for hepatitis C

MG Masavuli, DK Wijesundara, J Torresi… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infects 2% of the world's population and is the leading cause of liver
disease and liver transplantation. It poses a serious and growing worldwide public health …

Probing and pressing surfaces of hepatitis C virus-like particles

S Collett, J Torresi, L Earnest-Silveira… - Journal of colloid and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Hepatitis C virus-like particles (VLPs) are being developed as a quadrivalent vaccine
candidate, eliciting both humoral and cellular immune responses in animal trials …

A novel multi-epitope vaccine for cross protection against hepatitis C virus (HCV): An immunoinformatics approach

نصرتی, مختار, محبتکار, حسن… - Research in Molecular …, 2017‎ - rmm.mazums.ac.ir
Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) causes acute and chronic human hepatitis infections.
Due to the high genetic diversity and high rates of mutations in the genetic material so far …