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ArticleACS biomaterials science & engineering2017

Modular Peptide Amphiphile Micelles Improving an Antibody-Mediated Immune Response to Group A Streptococcus.

John C Barrett, Bret D Ulery, Amanda Trent, Simon Liang, Natalie A David, Matthew V Tirrell

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Article in ACS biomaterials science & engineering, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 41 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

John C BarrettInstitute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, William Eckhardt Research Center, 5640 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States.
Bret D UleryInstitute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, William Eckhardt Research Center, 5640 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States.
Amanda TrentBiomolecular Science and Engineering Program, University of California Santa Barbara, 500 UCen Road, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States.
Simon LiangDivision of Biological Sciences, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States.
Natalie A DavidDivision of Biological Sciences, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States.
Matthew V TirrellInstitute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, William Eckhardt Research Center, 5640 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States.
University of Chicago · USUniversity of California, Santa Barbara · US

Funding

Re-Engineering Translational Research at the University of ChicagoUL1TR000430 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI SOLWAY, JULIAN · 2012 to 2016
$20.2M
Graduate Program in Biophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago - Renewal 0T32EB009412 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI ENGEL, GREGORY S, SOSNICK, TOBIN R · 2009 to 2023
$4.9M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000430NIBIB NIH HHS T32 EB009412
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inducing a strong and specific immune response is the hallmark of a successful vaccine. Nanoparticles have emerged as promising vaccine delivery devices to discover and elicit immune responses. Fine-tuning a nanoparticle vaccine to create an immune response with specific antibody and other cellular responses is influenced by many factors such as shape, size, and composition. Peptide amphiphile micelles are a unique biomaterials platform that can function as a modular vaccine delivery system, enabling control over many of these important factors and delivering payloads more efficiently to draining lymph nodes. In this study, the modular properties of peptide amphiphile micelles are utilized to improve an immune response against a Group A Streptococcus B cell antigen (J8). The hydrophobic/hydrophilic interface of peptide amphiphile micelles enabled the precise entrapment of amphiphilic adjuvants which were found to not alter micelle formation or shape. These heterogeneous micelles significantly enhanced murine antibody responses when compared to animals vaccinated with nonadjuvanted micelles or soluble J8 peptide supplemented with a classical adjuvant. The heterogeneous micelle induced antibodies also showed cross-reactivity with wild-type Group A Streptococcus providing evidence that micelle-induced immune responses are capable of identifying their intended pathogenic targets.

Indexed as

biodistributionGroup A StreptococcusJ8 peptidepeptide amphiphile micellesvaccine

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PMID29242824
PMCPMC5726538
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