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ArticleBiomaterials science2017

Effects of ovalbumin protein nanoparticle vaccine size and coating on dendritic cell processing.

Timothy Z Chang, Samantha S Stadmiller, Erika Staskevicius, Julie A Champion

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Article in Biomaterials science, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Timothy Z ChangSchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 950 Atlantic Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA. julie.champion@chbe.gatech.edu.
Samantha S StadmillerSchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 950 Atlantic Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA. julie.champion@chbe.gatech.edu.
Erika StaskeviciusSchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 950 Atlantic Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA. julie.champion@chbe.gatech.edu.
Julie A ChampionSchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 950 Atlantic Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA. julie.champion@chbe.gatech.edu.
Georgia Institute of Technology · US

Funding

Novel Influenza nano vaccines for broad cross protectionR01AI101047 · NIAID · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WANG, BAOZHONG · 2012 to 2023
$6.1M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI101047
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanoparticle vaccine delivery platforms are a promising technology for enhancing vaccine immunogenicity. Protein nanoparticles (PNPs), made entirely from antigen, have been shown to induce protective immune responses against influenza. However, the fundamental mechanisms by which PNPs enhance component protein immunogenicity are not understood. Here, we investigate the role of size and coating of model ovalbumin (OVA) PNPs on particle uptake and trafficking, as well as on inflammation and maturation factor expression in dendritic cells (DCs) in vitro. OVA PNPs enhance antigen uptake in a size-independent manner, and experience attenuated endosomal acidification as compared to soluble OVA. OVA PNPs also trigger Fc receptor upregulation. Expression of cytokines IL-1β and TNF-α were PNP size- and coating-dependent, with small (∼270 nm) nanoparticles triggering greater inflammatory cytokine production than large (∼560 nm) particles. IL-1β expression by DCs in response to PNP stimulation implies activation of the inflammasome, a pathway known to be activated by certain types of nanoparticulate adjuvants. The attenuated acidification and pro-inflammatory profile generated by PNPs in DCs demonstrate that physical biomaterial properties can modulate dendritic cell-mediated antigen processing and adjuvancy. In addition to nanoparticles' enhancement of DC antigen uptake, our work suggests that vaccine nanoparticle size and coating are uptake-independent modulators of immunogenicity.

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AnimalsCells, CulturedCytokinesDendritic CellsHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationInflammationInterleukin-1betaMiceMice, Inbred BALB CNanoparticlesOvalbuminParticle SizeVaccinesCytokinesInterleukin-1betaOvalbuminVaccines

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PMID27918020
PMCPMC5285395
OpenAlexW2560251643

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