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ArticleChembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology2026

Development of a Self-Adjuvanting Influenza Peptide-Glycolipid Conjugate Inducing CD8

Shunya Kikuchi, Hideki Ogura, Takanori Matsumaru, Satoshi Ishido, Yukari Fujimoto

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Article in Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Shunya KikuchiDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan.
Hideki OguraDepartment of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Hyogo Medical University, Hyogo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2116-0340
Takanori MatsumaruDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4022-2874
Satoshi IshidoDepartment of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Hyogo Medical University, Hyogo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5893-3354
Yukari FujimotoDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5320-3192

Funding

Hyogo Innovative Challenge program from Hyogo Medical UniversityJapan Agency for Medical Research and Development JP18ae0101052Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development Seeds A funding under the AMEDJapan Society for the Promotion of Science JP18H04426, JP19H04815, JP21H04709, JP24K02496, JP24K02496, JP24K02496; JPMJSP2123Keio Academic Development FundTakeda Science foundationThe Keio University Doctorate Student Grant-in-Aid program from Ushioda Memorial Fund
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Effective immune activation against infectious diseases is achieved through the coordinated interplay of peptide antigen presentation and adjuvant-mediated stimulation, including lipid antigen-type adjuvants. For optimal immune activation with viral antigens, we applied covalent antigen-adjuvant complexation at the molecular level, which enables refined modulation of immune responses. This antigen-complex strategy was applied to viral peptide antigens containing sequence regions with lower variability, a particularly valuable approach for rapidly mutating viruses such as influenza. To construct these conjugated antigen complex structures, we used α-GalCer as the lipid antigen adjuvant and optimized linker designs that markedly influenced immunomodulatory activity. Using the precisely synthesized antigen complexes along with human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-transgenic mice, we successfully demonstrated selective immune activation, particularly the peptide antigen-specific CD8

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Adjuvants, ImmunologicCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesGalactosylceramidesGlycolipidsPeptidesAnimalsAntigens, ViralHumansMiceMice, TransgenicAdjuvants, Immunologicalpha-galactosylceramideAntigens, ViralGalactosylceramidesGlycolipidsPeptidesacquired immunityconjugationglycolipid antigenlinker chemistryviral antigen

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PMID41738906
PMCPMC12934373

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