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ArticleJournal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society2014

Pollen grains for oral vaccination.

Shashwati U Atwe, Yunzhe Ma, Harvinder Singh Gill

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Article in Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 101 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Oral drug delivery for immunoengineering.Bioengineering & translational medicine · 2022
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  9. Demystifying particle-based oral vaccines.Expert opinion on drug delivery · 2021
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  12. Mechanical design of apertures and the infolding of pollen grain.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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  16. Pollen grains as a novel microcarrier for oral delivery of proteins.International journal of pharmaceutics · 2018
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  17. From allergen to oral vaccine carrier: A new face of ragweed pollen.International journal of pharmaceutics · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shashwati U AtweDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA.
Yunzhe MaDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA.
Harvinder Singh GillDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA. Electronic address: harvinder.gill@ttu.edu.
Texas Tech University · US

Funding

POLLEN GRAINS AS TROJAN HORSES FOR ORAL VACCINATIONDP2HD075691 · NICHD · TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY · PI GILL, HARVINDER SINGH · 2012 to 2012
$2.2M
NCCDPHP CDC HHS DP2HD075691NICHD NIH HHS DP2 HD075691
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oral vaccination can offer a painless and convenient method of vaccination. Furthermore, in addition to systemic immunity it has potential to stimulate mucosal immunity through antigen-processing by the gut-associated lymphoid tissues. In this study we propose the concept that pollen grains can be engineered for use as a simple modular system for oral vaccination. We demonstrate feasibility of this concept by using spores of Lycopodium clavatum (clubmoss) (LSs). We show that LSs can be chemically cleaned to remove native proteins to create intact clean hollow LS shells. Empty pollen shells were successfully filled with molecules of different sizes demonstrating their potential to be broadly applicable as a vaccination system. Using ovalbumin (OVA) as a model antigen, LSs formulated with OVA were orally fed to mice. LSs stimulated significantly higher anti-OVA serum IgG and fecal IgA antibodies compared to those induced by use of cholera toxin as a positive-control adjuvant. The antibody response was not affected by pre-neutralization of the stomach acid, and persisted for up to 7 months. Confocal microscopy revealed that LSs can translocate into mouse intestinal wall. Overall, this study lays the foundation of using LSs as a novel approach for oral vaccination.

Indexed as

Administration, OralAnimalsAntibodiesChemistry, PharmaceuticalFemaleGastric AcidImmunity, MucosalImmunizationIntestinal AbsorptionLycopodiumMiceMice, Inbred BALB COvalbuminPollenSporesVaccinationAntibodiesOvalbuminLycopodium sporesMucosal vaccinationOral vaccinationPollen shellsSporopollenin

Identifiers

PMID25151980
PMCPMC4586069
OpenAlexW1967931630

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