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 …

The cGAS–STING pathway as a therapeutic target in inflammatory diseases

A Decout, JD Katz, S Venkatraman… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The cGAS–STING signalling pathway has emerged as a key mediator of inflammation in the
settings of infection, cellular stress and tissue damage. Underlying this broad involvement of …

Emerging concepts in the science of vaccine adjuvants

B Pulendran, P S. Arunachalam… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
Adjuvants are vaccine components that enhance the magnitude, breadth and durability of
the immune response. Following its introduction in the 1920s, alum remained the only …

eccDNAs are apoptotic products with high innate immunostimulatory activity

Y Wang, M Wang, MN Djekidel, H Chen, D Liu, FW Alt… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Extrachromosomal circular DNA elements (eccDNAs) have been described in the literature
for several decades, and are known for their broad existence across different species …

cGAS in action: Expanding roles in immunity and inflammation

A Ablasser, ZJ Chen - Science, 2019 - science.org
BACKGROUND The life of any organism depends on the ability of cells to accurately
recognize and eliminate harmful microbes. To detect the immense repertoire of pathogenic …

Allergen immunotherapy in children user's guide

M Alvaro‐Lozano, CA Akdis, M Akdis… - Pediatric allergy and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Allergen immunotherapy is a cornerstone in the treatment of allergic children. The clinical
efficiency relies on a well‐defined immunologic mechanism promoting regulatory T cells and …

[HTML][HTML] Delivery of STING agonists for adjuvanting subunit vaccines

S Van Herck, B Feng, L Tang - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Adjuvant is an essential component in subunit vaccines. Many agonists of pathogen
recognition receptors have been developed as potent adjuvants to optimize the …

Optimizing the utilization of aluminum adjuvants in vaccines: you might just get what you want

H HogenEsch, DT O'Hagan, CB Fox - npj Vaccines, 2018 - nature.com
Aluminum-containing adjuvants have been used for over 90 years to enhance the immune
response to vaccines. Recent work has significantly advanced our understanding of the …

STING-dependent cytosolic DNA sensing promotes radiation-induced type I interferon-dependent antitumor immunity in immunogenic tumors

L Deng, H Liang, M Xu, X Yang, B Burnette, A Arina… - Immunity, 2014 - cell.com
Ionizing radiation-mediated tumor regression depends on type I interferon (IFN) and the
adaptive immune response, but several pathways control I IFN induction. Here, we …

STING-dependent cytosolic DNA sensing mediates innate immune recognition of immunogenic tumors

SR Woo, MB Fuertes, L Corrales, S Spranger… - Immunity, 2014 - cell.com
Spontaneous T cell responses against tumors occur frequently and have prognostic value in
patients. The mechanism of innate immune sensing of immunogenic tumors leading to …