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ArticleThe AAPS journal2010

Pulmonary immunization of guinea pigs with diphtheria CRM-197 antigen as nanoparticle aggregate dry powders enhance local and systemic immune responses.

Pavan Muttil, Brian Pulliam, Lucila Garcia-Contreras, John Kevin Fallon, Chenchen Wang, Anthony James Hickey, David A Edwards

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Article in The AAPS journal, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Pavan MuttilUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 27599-7571, USA.
Brian Pulliam
Lucila Garcia-Contreras
John Kevin Fallon
Chenchen Wang
Anthony James Hickey
David A Edwards
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USHarvard University · USUniversity of New Mexico · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study establishes the immune response elicited in guinea pigs after pulmonary and parenteral immunizations with diphtheria CRM-197 antigen (CrmAg). Several spray-dried powders of formalin-treated/untreated CrmAg nanoaggregates with L-leucine were delivered to the lungs of guinea pigs. A control group consisting of alum with adsorbed CrmAg in saline was administered by intramuscular injection. Animals received three doses of powder vaccines containing 20 or 40 μg of CrmAg. The serum IgG titers were measured for 16 weeks after the initial immunization; IgA titers were measured at the time of sacrifice in the broncho-alveolar lavage fluid. Further, toxin neutralization tests in naïve guinea pigs were performed for a few select serum samples. Histopathology of the lung tissues was conducted to evaluate inflammation or injury to the lung tissues. While the highest titer of serum IgG antibody was observed in guinea pigs immunized by the intramuscular route, those animals immunized with dry powder formulation by the pulmonary route, and without the adjuvant alum, exhibited high IgA titers. A pulmonary administered dry powder, compared to parenteral immunization, conferred complete protection in the toxin neutralization test. Mild inflammation was observed in lung tissues of animals receiving dry powder vaccines by the pulmonary route. Thus, administering novel CrmAg as dry powders to the lungs may be able to overcome some of the disadvantages observed with the existing diphtheria vaccine which is administered by the parenteral route. In addition, these powders will have the advantage of eliciting a high mucosal immune response in the lungs without using traditional adjuvants.

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LungNanoparticlesAnimalsAntibodies, BacterialBacterial ProteinsBacterial VaccinesBronchoalveolar Lavage FluidDiphtheria ToxinEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayGuinea PigsImmunity, CellularLactic AcidMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningNeutralization TestsPolyglycolic AcidPolylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid CopolymerAntibodies, BacterialBacterial ProteinsBacterial VaccinesCRM197 (non-toxic variant of diphtheria toxin)Diphtheria ToxinLactic AcidPolyglycolic AcidPolylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid CopolymerPowders

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PMID20878294
PMCPMC2976983
OpenAlexW1990309304

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