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ReviewClinical and experimental immunology2019

A novel vaccine platform using glucan particles for induction of protective responses against Francisella tularensis and other pathogens.

A Abraham, G Ostroff, S M Levitz, P C F Oyston

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Review in Clinical and experimental immunology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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17 citing papers in PubMed.

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  15. Evaluation of Polish wild Mushrooms as Beta-Glucan Sources.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

A AbrahamUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
G OstroffUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
S M LevitzUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
P C F OystonCBR Division, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Porton Down, Salisbury, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0321-9417

Funding

ROLE OF MACROPHAGES IN CRYPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONSR01AI025780 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI LEVITZ, STUART MICHAEL · 1987 to 2019
$7.1M
Glucan Particles as a Vaccine Platform for Protective ImmunityR01AI102618 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI LEVITZ, STUART MICHAEL · 2013 to 2016
$2.1M
Development of a multivalent vaccine against Coccidioides infectionR01AI135005 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SAN ANTONIO · PI HUNG, CHIUNG-YU · 2018 to 2022
$1.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI025780NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI102618NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI135005
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vaccines are considered the bedrock of preventive medicine. However, for many pathogens, it has been challenging to develop vaccines that stimulate protective, long-lasting immunity. We have developed a novel approach using β-1,3-D-glucans (BGs), natural polysaccharides abundantly present in fungal cell walls, as a biomaterial platform for vaccine delivery. BGs simultaneously provide for receptor-targeted antigen delivery to specialized antigen-presenting cells together with adjuvant properties to stimulate antigen-specific and trained non-specific immune responses. This review focuses on various approaches of using BG particles (GPs) to develop bacterial and fungal vaccine candidates. A special case history for the development of an effective GP tularaemia vaccine candidate is highlighted.

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Bacterial VaccinesDrug Delivery SystemsTularemiaAdjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsFrancisella tularensisGlucansHumansVaccinationAdjuvants, ImmunologicBacterial VaccinesGlucansbeta-glucansfungaltularemiavaccine

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PMID31400225
PMCPMC6797901

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