Plague still poses a significant threat to human health, and interest has been renewed
recently in the possible use of Yersinia pestis as a biological weapon by terrorists. The …

This review summarizes current knowledge on the structure, function, assembly and
biomedical applications of the superfamily of adhesive fimbrial organelles exposed on the …

Background Bcipep is a database of experimentally determined linear B-cell epitopes of
varying immunogenicity collected from literature and other publicly available databases …

B-cell receptors (BCRs) are a crucial player in the development and activation of B cells, and
their mature forms are secreted as antibodies, which execute functions such as the …

The chloroplast bioreactor is an alternative to fermentation-based systems for production of
vaccine antigens and biopharmaceuticals. We report here expression of the plague F1-V …

In a new concept of fully synthetic vaccines, the role of T‐helper cells is emphasized. Here, a
synthetic antitumor vaccine consisting of a diglycosylated tumor‐associated MUC1 …

Studies have confirmed the key role of Bacillus anthracis protective antigen (PA) in the US
and UK human anthrax vaccines. However, given the tripartite nature of the toxin, other …

The recent progress in immunoinformatics provided the basis for an accelerated
development of target-specific peptide vaccines as an alternative to the traditional vaccine …

Yersinia pestis is the causative agent of plague and is a re-emerging pathogen that also has
the potential as a biological weapon, necessitating the development of a preventive vaccine …

Yersinia pestis F1 antigen-loaded poly (DL-lactide-co-glycolide)/polyethylene glycol
(PEG)(PLGA/PEG) microspheres were produced using a water-in-oil-in-water …