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ArticleACS infectious diseases2025

Monosaccharide-Based Synthetic TLR4 Agonist Enhances Vaccine Efficacy against

Maite Sainz-Mejías, Chaoying Ma, Yueran Hou, Irene Jurado-Martin, Alessio Romerio, Ana Rita Franco, Mohammed Monsoor Shaik, Julen Tomás-Cortázar, Francesco Peri, Siobhán McClean

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Article in ACS infectious diseases, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Maite Sainz-MejíasSchool of Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences and Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4 D04 V1W8, Ireland.
Chaoying MaSchool of Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences and Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4 D04 V1W8, Ireland.
Yueran HouSchool of Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences and Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4 D04 V1W8, Ireland.
Irene Jurado-MartinSchool of Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences and Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4 D04 V1W8, Ireland.
Alessio RomerioDepartment of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza, 2, Milano 20126, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9268-8441
Ana Rita FrancoDepartment of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza, 2, Milano 20126, Italy.
Mohammed Monsoor ShaikDepartment of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza, 2, Milano 20126, Italy.
Julen Tomás-CortázarSchool of Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences and Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4 D04 V1W8, Ireland.
Francesco PeriDepartment of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza, 2, Milano 20126, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3417-8224
Siobhán McCleanSchool of Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences and Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4 D04 V1W8, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0001-6389-2542

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vaccine adjuvants are critical to improve the immunogenicity, efficacy, and durability of vaccines; however, their development has lagged behind that of vaccine antigens. Monophosphoryl lipid A (MPLA), a clinically approved adjuvant that stimulates Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), faces manufacturing challenges due to its complex and long synthesis. With the aim of simplifying the structure of MPLA while retaining its biological activity, we developed monosaccharide-based molecules FP18 and FP20Rha that activate TLR4 signaling. Both TLR4 agonists induced robust antibody activity against the model antigen, ovalbumin. Here, we report the potential of these TLR4 agonists to enhance the protective efficacy of the well-characterized OprF antigen against

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Adjuvants, ImmunologicAdjuvants, VaccineMonosaccharidesPseudomonas aeruginosaPseudomonas InfectionsPseudomonas VaccinesToll-Like Receptor 4AnimalsAntibodies, BacterialFemaleLipid AMiceMice, Inbred C57BLAdjuvants, ImmunologicAdjuvants, VaccineAntibodies, BacterialLipid Amonophosphoryl lipid AMonosaccharidesPseudomonas VaccinesTlr4 protein, mouseToll-Like Receptor 4acute pneumoniainfectious diseasesmonosaccharide-based adjuvantP. aeruginosaTLR4 agonistvaccine adjuvantsvaccines

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PMID40129118
PMCPMC11998000

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