Recent progress in Lyme disease and remaining challenges

JR Bobe, BL Jutras, EJ Horn, ME Embers… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Lyme disease (also known as Lyme borreliosis) is the most common vector-borne disease in
the United States with an estimated 476,000 cases per year. While historically, the long-term …

Eliciting B cell immunity against infectious diseases using nanovaccines

A Singh - Nature nanotechnology, 2021 - nature.com
Infectious diseases, including the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic that has
brought the world to a standstill, are emerging at an unprecedented rate with a substantial …

A SARS-CoV-2 ferritin nanoparticle vaccine elicits protective immune responses in nonhuman primates

MG Joyce, HAD King, I Elakhal-Naouar… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants
stresses the continued need for next-generation vaccines that confer broad protection …

A single immunization with spike-functionalized ferritin vaccines elicits neutralizing antibody responses against SARS-CoV-2 in mice

AE Powell, K Zhang, M Sanyal, S Tang… - ACS central …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The development of a safe and effective SARS-CoV-2 vaccine is a public health priority. We
designed subunit vaccine candidates using self-assembling ferritin nanoparticles displaying …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging vaccine nanotechnology: from defense against infection to sniping cancer

C Feng, Y Li, BE Ferdows, DN Patel, J Ouyang… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2022 - Elsevier
Looking retrospectively at the development of humanity, vaccination is an unprecedented
medical landmark that saves lives by harnessing the human immune system. During the …

Ferritin–a multifaceted protein scaffold for biotherapeutics

NK Lee, S Cho, IS Kim - Experimental & Molecular Medicine, 2022 - nature.com
The ferritin nanocage is an endogenous protein that exists in almost all mammals. Its hollow
spherical structure that naturally stores iron ions has been diversely exploited by …

Functionalizing ferritin nanoparticles for vaccine development

MQ Rodrigues, PM Alves, A Roldão - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the last decade, the interest in ferritin-based vaccines has been increasing due to their
safety and immunogenicity. Candidates against a wide range of pathogens are now on …

A bivalent Epstein-Barr virus vaccine induces neutralizing antibodies that block infection and confer immunity in humanized mice

CJ Wei, W Bu, LA Nguyen, JD Batchelor… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is the major cause of infectious mononucleosis and is associated
with several human cancers and, more recently, multiple sclerosis. Despite its prevalence …

Biological nanoparticles in vaccine development

SM Curley, D Putnam - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Vaccines represent one of the most successful public health initiatives worldwide. However,
despite the vast number of highly effective vaccines, some infectious diseases still do not …

CD4 T cell epitope abundance in ferritin core potentiates responses to hemagglutinin nanoparticle vaccines

SA Nelson, KA Richards, MA Glover, FA Chaves… - npj Vaccines, 2022 - nature.com
Nanoparticle vaccines based on H. pylori ferritin are increasingly used as a vaccine platform
for many pathogens, including RSV, influenza, and SARS-CoV-2. They have been found to …