Cholera toxin B: one subunit with many pharmaceutical applications

KJ Baldauf, JM Royal, KT Hamorsky, N Matoba - Toxins, 2015 - mdpi.com
Cholera, a waterborne acute diarrheal disease caused by Vibrio cholerae, remains
prevalent in underdeveloped countries and is a serious health threat to those living in …

Cholera toxin—a foe & a friend

J Sánchez, J Holmgren - Indian Journal of Medical Research, 2011 - journals.lww.com
After De's pivotal demonstration in 1959 of a diarrhoeogenic exo-enterotoxin in cell-free
culture filtrates from Vibrio cholerae (of classical biotype), much insight has been gained …

Dendritic cell targeting of Bacillus anthracis protective antigen expressed by Lactobacillus acidophilus protects mice from lethal challenge

M Mohamadzadeh, T Duong… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Efficient vaccines potentiate antibody avidity and increase T cell longevity, which confer
protection against microbial lethal challenge. A vaccine strategy was established by using …

Expression of cholera toxin B–proinsulin fusion protein in lettuce and tobacco chloroplasts–oral administration protects against development of insulitis in non‐obese …

T Ruhlman, R Ahangari, A Devine… - Plant biotechnology …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Lettuce and tobacco chloroplast transgenic lines expressing the cholera toxin B subunit–
human proinsulin (CTB‐Pins) fusion protein were generated. CTB‐Pins accumulated up to …

Low Cost Tuberculosis Vaccine Antigens in Capsules: Expression in Chloroplasts, Bio-Encapsulation, Stability and Functional Evaluation In Vitro

PS Lakshmi, D Verma, X Yang, B Lloyd, H Daniell - PLoS One, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of the leading fatal
infectious diseases. The development of TB vaccines has been recognized as a major …

Development of a plant-based oral vaccine candidate against the bovine respiratory pathogen Mannheimia haemolytica

A Kaldis, MS Uddin, JO Guluarte, C Martin… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) affects feedlot cattle across North America, resulting in
economic losses due to animal treatment and reduced performance. In an effort to develop a …

Alginic acid-coated chitosan nanoparticles loaded with legumain DNA vaccine: effect against breast cancer in mice

Z Liu, D Lv, S Liu, J Gong, D Wang, M Xiong, X Chen… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Legumain-based DNA vaccines have potential to protect against breast cancer. However,
the lack of a safe and efficient oral delivery system restricts its clinical application. Here, we …

Delivery systems and adjuvants for oral vaccines

EC Lavelle, DT O'Hagan - Expert opinion on drug delivery, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
The oral route is the ideal means of delivering prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines,
offering significant advantages over systemic delivery. Most notably, oral delivery is …

Alternative vaccine delivery methods

BG Weniger, MJ Papania - Vaccines, 2012 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The earliest known route of vaccination was respiratory, by intranasal insufflation of
powdered scab material containing variola virus from smallpox patients, reportedly practiced …

Oral vaccines for preventing cholera

D Sinclair, K Abba, K Zaman, F Qadri… - Cochrane Database …, 2011 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Cholera is a cause of acute watery diarrhoea which can cause dehydration and
death if not adequately treated. It usually occurs in epidemics, and is associated with poverty …