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ArticleEuropean journal of immunology2018

A clinically applicable adjuvant for an atherosclerosis vaccine in mice.

Kouji Kobiyama, Melanie Vassallo, Jessica Mitzi, Holger Winkels, Hong Pei, Takayuki Kimura, Jacqueline Miller, Dennis Wolf, Klaus Ley

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Article in European journal of immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Mitigating atherosclerosis: Integrating vaccines with gene targets.American heart journal plus : cardiology research and practice · 2025
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  10. Vaccination against Atherosclerosis: Is It Real?International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  15. ApoB-Specific CD4Cells · 2021
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  19. Vaccination against atherosclerosis.Current opinion in immunology · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kouji KobiyamaDivision of Inflammation Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5846-4807
Melanie VassalloDivision of Inflammation Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Jessica MitziDivision of Inflammation Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Holger WinkelsDivision of Inflammation Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Hong PeiDivision of Inflammation Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Takayuki KimuraDivision of Inflammation Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Jacqueline MillerDivision of Inflammation Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Dennis WolfDivision of Inflammation Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Klaus LeyDivision of Inflammation Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA.
La Jolla Institute for Immunology · US

Funding

Transcriptional GenomicsP01HL088093 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI WITZTUM, JOSEPH L. · 2008 to 2018
$26.4M
Project 4: APOB-specific CD4 and CD8 T cells exacerbate atherosclerosisP01HL136275 · NHLBI · LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY · PI Catherine C Hedrick · 2017 to 2026
$25.5M
Vaccination with MHC-II restricted ApoB100 peptides to prevent atherosclerosisR01HL121697 · NHLBI · LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY · PI LEY, KLAUS F. · 2015 to 2018
$1.8M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL088093NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL136275NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL121697
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vaccination with MHC-II-restricted peptides from Apolipoprotein B (ApoB) with complete and incomplete Freund's adjuvant (CFA/IFA) is known to protect mice from atherosclerosis. This vaccination induces antigen-specific IgG1 and IgG2c antibody responses and a robust CD4 T cell response in lymph nodes. However, CFA/IFA cannot be used in humans. To find a clinically applicable adjuvant, we tested the effect of vaccinating Apoe-deficient mice with ApoB peptide P6 (TGAYSNASSTESASY). In a broad screening experiment, Addavax, a squalene-based oil-in-water adjuvant similar to MF59, was the only adjuvant that showed similar efficacy as CFA/IFA. This was confirmed in a confirmation experiment for both the aortic arch and whole aorta analyzed by en face analysis after atherosclerotic lesion staining. Mechanistically, restimulated peritoneal cells from mice immunized with P6 in Addavax released significant amounts of IL-10. Unlike P6 in CFA/IFA, vaccination with P6 in Addavax did not induce any detectable IgG1 or IgG2c antibodies to P6. These data suggest that squalene-based adjuvants such as MF59 are good candidate adjuvants for developing a clinically effective atherosclerosis vaccine.

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Adjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsApolipoproteins BAtherosclerosisCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesFemaleFreund's AdjuvantImmunoglobulin GLipidsMiceMice, KnockoutPolysorbatesSqualeneVaccinationVaccinesAddavaxAdjuvants, ImmunologicApolipoproteins BFreund's AdjuvantImmunoglobulin Gincomplete Freund's adjuvantLipidsMF59 oil emulsionPolysorbatesSqualeneVaccinesAdjuvantApolipoprotein B-100AtherosclerosisSelf-antigenVaccine

Identifiers

PMID29932463
PMCPMC6281392
OpenAlexW2809632061

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