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ReviewAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

Polysaccharide Adjuvants as Innate Immune Trainers: Bridging Pattern Recognition Receptor (PRR) Activation and Metabolic Reprogramming for Synthetic Vaccine Design.

Jeong Hyun Moon, May Thazin Phoo, Yubin Kim, Jinsung Ahn, April Kim, Jutaek Nam, Soo-Hong Lee, James J Moon, Sejin Son

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Review in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Jeong Hyun MoonDepartment of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Inha University/Industry-Academia, Interactive R&E Center for Bioprocess Innovation, Inha University, Incheon, 22212, Republic of Korea.
May Thazin PhooDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
Yubin KimDepartment of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Inha University/Industry-Academia, Interactive R&E Center for Bioprocess Innovation, Inha University, Incheon, 22212, Republic of Korea.
Jinsung AhnDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul, 04620, Republic of Korea.
April KimDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
Jutaek NamCollege of Pharmacy, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea.
Soo-Hong LeeBiointerfaces Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
James J MoonDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
Sejin SonDepartment of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Inha University/Industry-Academia, Interactive R&E Center for Bioprocess Innovation, Inha University, Incheon, 22212, Republic of Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1523-2990

Funding

Cellular Biotechnology Training Program (CBTP) - Years 31-35T32GM145304 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Guizhi Zhu · 2022 to 2026
$2.6M
Ministry of Trade Industry & Energy RS-2024-00439225Ministry of Trade, Industry & Resources (MOTIR) RS-2025-03902970National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) RS-2023-00212229NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM145304
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The concept of trained immunity has redefined the understanding of innate immune memory and opened new opportunities for vaccine design. Polysaccharides, as naturally occurring pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs), can activate pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) and induce durable immunomodulatory effects. This review examines the historical context of microbial immunotherapy, beginning with Coley's toxin, and traces its evolution toward the rational use of polysaccharides as vaccine adjuvants. Their mechanisms of action, ranging from PRR engagement to metabolic and epigenetic reprogramming, are discussed to support both innate training and adaptive immune activation. Emphasis is placed on how these materials interact with biological barriers, influence antigen processing, and enhance lymph node trafficking. By analyzing the immunological functions and material properties of β-glucan, mannan, alginate, hyaluronic acid, chitosan, and others, the potential of polysaccharide-based platforms is highlighted to improve the efficacy and breadth of synthetic vaccines.

Indexed as

Adjuvants, ImmunologicAdjuvants, VaccineImmunity, InnatePolysaccharidesReceptors, Pattern RecognitionVaccines, SyntheticAnimalsHumansMetabolic ReprogrammingVaccinesAdjuvants, ImmunologicAdjuvants, VaccinePolysaccharidesReceptors, Pattern RecognitionVaccinesVaccines, Syntheticimmune engineeringimmunoadjuvantPAMP‐PRRpolysaccharidetrained immunity

Identifiers

PMID41287898
PMCPMC12752672

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