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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2013

Multiple antigen-presenting system (MAPS) to induce comprehensive B- and T-cell immunity.

Fan Zhang, Ying-Jie Lu, Richard Malley

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 74 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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74 citing papers in PubMed, 119 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fan ZhangDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Ying-Jie Lu
Richard Malley
Boston Children's Museum · USBoston Children's Hospital · US

Funding

Pneumococcal immunization through a novel mechanismR01AI067737 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI MALLEY, RICHARD · 2006 to 2010
$2.0M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI067737
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vaccines are among the most effective approaches to prevent and control many infectious diseases. Because of safety and reproducibility concerns, whole-cell vaccines (WCVs), made from live or killed microorganisms and including hundreds of antigenic components, have been mostly replaced by acellular or subunit vaccines composed of well-defined, purified antigen components. The efficacy of acellular vaccines is inferior to that of WCVs, however, for two major reasons: limited antigen diversity and reduced immunogenicity, especially in a lack of activation of antigen-specific T-cell immunity, which plays an important role in protection against mucosal and intracellular pathogens. Here we present the multiple antigen-presenting system (MAPS), which enables the creation of a macromolecular complex that mimics the properties of WCVs by integrating various antigen components, including polysaccharides and proteins, in the same construct and that induces multipronged immune responses, including antibody, Th1, and Th17 responses. Using antigens from various pathogens (Streptococcus pneumoniae, Salmonella typhi, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis), we demonstrate the versatility of the MAPS system and its feasibility for the design of unique defined-structure subunit vaccines to confer comprehensive protection via multiple immune mechanisms. Moreover, MAPS can serve as a tool for structure-activity analysis of cellular immunogens.

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Drug DesignAntigen PresentationAntigens, BacterialHumansImmunity, CellularMacromolecular SubstancesMycobacterium tuberculosisSalmonella typhiStreptococcus pneumoniaeStructure-Activity RelationshipVaccines, AcellularAntigens, BacterialMacromolecular SubstancesVaccines, Acellular

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PMID23898212
PMCPMC3746895
OpenAlexW2045853263

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