Virus-like particles as a highly efficient vaccine platform: diversity of targets and production systems and advances in clinical development

N Kushnir, SJ Streatfield, V Yusibov - Vaccine, 2012 - Elsevier
Virus-like particles (VLPs) are a class of subunit vaccines that differentiate themselves from
soluble recombinant antigens by stronger protective immunogenicity associated with the …

Virus-like particles as immunogens

R Noad, P Roy - Trends in microbiology, 2003 - cell.com
Subunit vaccines based on recombinant proteins can suffer from poor immunogenicity
owing to incorrect folding of the target protein or poor presentation to the immune system …

Nasal vaccines

SS Davis - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2001 - Elsevier
The nasal route for vaccination offers some important opportunities, especially for the
prophylaxis of respiratory diseases. Vaccination via the respiratory tract is reviewed and the …

Virus‑like particles as a vaccine delivery system: Myths and facts

P Roy, R Noad - Human vaccines, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Vaccines against viral disease have traditionally relied on attenuated virus strains or
inactivation of infectious virus. Subunit vaccines based on viral proteins expressed in …

Oral immunogenicity of human papillomavirus-like particles expressed in potato

H Warzecha, HS Mason, C Lane… - Journal of …, 2003 - Am Soc Microbiol
Human papillomavirus-like particles (HPV VLPs) have shown considerable promise as a
parenteral vaccine for the prevention of cervical cancer and its precursor lesions. Parenteral …

Enhancement of capsid gene expression: preparing the human papillomavirus type 16 major structural gene L1 for DNA vaccination purposes

C Leder, JA Kleinschmidt, C Wiethe… - Journal of virology, 2001 - Am Soc Microbiol
Expression of the structural proteins L1 and L2 of the human papillomaviruses (HPV) is
tightly regulated. As a consequence, attempts to express these prime-candidate genes for …

Developments in virus-like particle-based vaccines for infectious diseases and cancer

L Buonaguro, M Tagliamonte… - Expert review of …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Virus-like particles hold great promise for the development of effective and affordable
vaccines. Indeed, virus-like particles are suitable for presentation and efficient delivery of …

Papillomavirus vaccines in clinical trials

DA Galloway - The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2003 - thelancet.com
Cervical cancer remains a leading cause of death for women in the developing world, and
the treatment of preneoplastic cervical lesions is a considerable public-health burden in the …

Oral immunization with a Lactobacillus casei vaccine expressing human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16 E7 is an effective strategy to induce mucosal cytotoxic …

K Adachi, K Kawana, T Yokoyama, T Fujii, A Tomio… - Vaccine, 2010 - Elsevier
Although many clinical trials on human papillomavirus (HPV) therapeutic vaccines have
been performed, clinical responses have not been consistent. We have addressed mucosal …

Strategies against human papillomavirus infection and cervical cancer

J Woon-Won, C Taehoon, S Donggeun… - Journal of …, 2004 - koreascience.kr
Papillomaviruses infect a wide variety of animals, including humans. The human
papillomavirus (HPV), in particular, is one of the most common causes of sexually …