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ArticleHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2017

The immunogenicity of thin-film freeze-dried, aluminum salt-adjuvanted vaccine when exposed to different temperatures.

Sachin G Thakkar, Tinashe B Ruwona, Robert O Williams, Zhengrong Cui

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Article in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Development of thermostable vaccine adjuvants.Expert review of vaccines · 2021
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  7. Intranasal immunization with aluminum salt-adjuvanted dry powder vaccine.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2018
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sachin G Thakkara The University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutics Division , Austin , TX , USA.
Tinashe B Ruwonaa The University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutics Division , Austin , TX , USA.
Robert O Williamsa The University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutics Division , Austin , TX , USA.
Zhengrong Cuia The University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutics Division , Austin , TX , USA.
Austin College · US

Funding

An innovative approach to improve the activity of an aluminum-containing adjuvantR21AI105789 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI CUI, ZHENGRONG · 2013 to 2014
$424k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI105789
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Insoluble aluminum salts such as aluminum oxyhydroxide have been used for decades as adjuvants in human vaccines, and many vaccines contain aluminum salts as adjuvants. Aluminum salt-adjuvanted vaccines must be managed in cold-chain (2-8° C) during transport and storage, as vaccine antigens in general are too fragile to be stable in ambient temperatures, and unintentional slowing freezing causes irreversible aggregation and permanent damage to the vaccines. Previously, we reported that thin-film freeze-drying can be used to convert vaccines adjuvanted with an aluminum salt from liquid suspension into dry powder without causing particle aggregation or decreasing in immunogenicity following reconstitution. In the present study, using ovalbumin (OVA)-adsorbed Alhydrogel® (i.e. aluminum oxyhydroxide, 2% w/v) as a model vaccine, we showed that the immunogenicity of thin-film freeze-dried OVA-adsorbed Alhydrogel® vaccine powder was not significantly changed after it was exposed for an extended period of time in temperatures as high as 40° C or subjected to repeated slow freezing-and-thawing. It is expected that immunization programs can potentially benefit by integrating thin-film freeze-drying into vaccine preparations.

Indexed as

Freeze DryingTemperatureVaccine PotencyAdjuvants, ImmunologicAluminum HydroxideAnimalsFemaleMice, Inbred BALB COvalbuminVaccinesAdjuvants, ImmunologicAluminum HydroxideOvalbuminVaccinesaluminum oxyhydroxideantibody responsesantigen desorptionparticle aggregationthin-film freeze-drying

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PMID28051903
PMCPMC5404637
OpenAlexW2571091697

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