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ArticlePloS one2012

Potent adjuvanticity of a pure TLR7-agonistic imidazoquinoline dendrimer.

Nikunj M Shukla, Deepak B Salunke, Rajalakshmi Balakrishna, Cole A Mutz, Subbalakshmi S Malladi, Sunil A David

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Article in PloS one, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nikunj M ShuklaDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America.
Deepak B Salunke
Rajalakshmi Balakrishna
Cole A Mutz
Subbalakshmi S Malladi
Sunil A David
University of Kansas · US

Funding

NIAID NIH HHS HHSN272200900033C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Engagement of toll-like receptors (TLRs) serve to link innate immune responses with adaptive immunity and can be exploited as powerful vaccine adjuvants for eliciting both primary and anamnestic immune responses. TLR7 agonists are highly immunostimulatory without inducing dominant proinflammatory cytokine responses. We synthesized a dendrimeric molecule bearing six units of a potent TLR7/TLR8 dual-agonistic imidazoquinoline to explore if multimerization of TLR7/8 would result in altered activity profiles. A complete loss of TLR8-stimulatory activity with selective retention of the TLR7-agonistic activity was observed in the dendrimer. This was reflected by a complete absence of TLR8-driven proinflammatory cytokine and interferon (IFN)-γ induction in human PBMCs, with preservation of TLR7-driven IFN-α induction. The dendrimer was found to be superior to the imidazoquinoline monomer in inducing high titers of high-affinity antibodies to bovine α-lactalbumin. Additionally, epitope mapping experiments showed that the dendrimer induced immunoreactivity to more contiguous peptide epitopes along the amino acid sequence of the model antigen.

Indexed as

DendrimersAdjuvants, ImmunologicAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCattleEpitope MappingFemaleHumansImidazolesLactalbuminModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataProtein ConformationQuinolinesRabbitsToll-Like Receptor 7Adjuvants, ImmunologicDendrimersImidazolesLactalbuminQuinolinesTLR7 protein, humanToll-Like Receptor 7

Identifiers

PMID22952720
PMCPMC3429503
OpenAlexW2169700027

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