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ArticleScientific reports2011

Rational design of pathogen-mimicking amphiphilic materials as nanoadjuvants.

Bret D Ulery, Latrisha K Petersen, Yashdeep Phanse, Chang Sun Kong, Scott R Broderick, Devender Kumar, Amanda E Ramer-Tait, Brenda Carrillo-Conde, Krishna Rajan, Michael J Wannemuehler and 3 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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38 citing papers in PubMed, 83 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bret D UleryDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
Latrisha K Petersen
Yashdeep Phanse
Chang Sun Kong
Scott R Broderick
Devender Kumar
Amanda E Ramer-Tait
Brenda Carrillo-Conde
Krishna Rajan
Michael J Wannemuehler
Bryan H Bellaire
Dennis W Metzger
Balaji Narasimhan
Iowa State University · USAlbany Medical Center Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An opportunity exists today for cross-cutting research utilizing advances in materials science, immunology, microbial pathogenesis, and computational analysis to effectively design the next generation of adjuvants and vaccines. This study integrates these advances into a bottom-up approach for the molecular design of nanoadjuvants capable of mimicking the immune response induced by a natural infection but without the toxic side effects. Biodegradable amphiphilic polyanhydrides possess the unique ability to mimic pathogens and pathogen associated molecular patterns with respect to persisting within and activating immune cells, respectively. The molecular properties responsible for the pathogen-mimicking abilities of these materials have been identified. The value of using polyanhydride nanovaccines was demonstrated by the induction of long-lived protection against a lethal challenge of Yersinia pestis following a single administration ten months earlier. This approach has the tantalizing potential to catalyze the development of next generation vaccines against diseases caused by emerging and re-emerging pathogens.

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Drug DesignAdjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsCells, CulturedDendritic CellsFemaleMaterials TestingMiceMice, Inbred C57BLModels, StatisticalNanomedicineNanoparticlesPolyanhydridesVaccinesYersinia pestisAdjuvants, ImmunologicPolyanhydridesVaccines

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PMID22355713
PMCPMC3240970
OpenAlexW2088200348

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