Shaping neonatal immunization by tuning the delivery of synergistic adjuvants via nanocarriers

S Barman, F Borriello, B Brook, C Pietrasanta… - ACS chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Adjuvanted nanocarrier-based vaccines hold substantial potential for applications in novel
early-life immunization strategies. Here, via mouse and human age-specific in vitro …

[HTML][HTML] Toll-like receptor 8 agonist nanoparticles mimic immunomodulating effects of the live BCG vaccine and enhance neonatal innate and adaptive immune …

DJ Dowling, EA Scott, A Scheid, I Bergelson… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Newborns display distinct immune responses, leaving them vulnerable to
infections and impairing immunization. Targeting newborn dendritic cells (DCs), which …

Lymph Node Follicle‐Targeting STING Agonist Nanoshells Enable Single‐Shot M2e Vaccination for Broad and Durable Influenza Protection

HH Tsai, PH Huang, LCW Lin, BY Yao… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The highly conserved matrix protein 2 ectodomain (M2e) of influenza viruses presents a
compelling vaccine antigen candidate for stemming the pandemic threat of the mutation …

Engineering biodegradable guanidyl-decorated PEG-PCL nanoparticles as robust exogenous activators of DCs and antigen cross-presentation

P Li, H Song, H Zhang, P Yang, C Zhang, P Huang… - Nanoscale, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanoparticles (NPs)-based adjuvants are attracting much attention in the development of
vaccines. Previously, we reported a type of guanidyl-decorated polymeric NPs used as …

A cancer nanovaccine for co-delivery of peptide neoantigens and optimized combinations of STING and TLR4 agonists

JJ Baljon, AJ Kwiatkowski, HM Pagendarm, PT Stone… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) has revolutionized cancer treatment and led to complete
and durable responses, but only for a minority of patients. Resistance to ICB can largely be …

Identification and characterization of stimulator of interferon genes as a robust adjuvant target for early life immunization

F Borriello, C Pietrasanta, JCY Lai, LM Walsh… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Immunization is key to preventing infectious diseases, a leading cause of death early in life.
However, due to age-specific immunity, vaccines often demonstrate reduced efficacy in …

[HTML][HTML] Human In vitro Modeling Identifies Adjuvant Combinations that Unlock Antigen Cross-presentation and Promote T-helper 1 Development in Newborns, Adults …

S Thomas, J Pak, S Doss-Gollin, K Ryff… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
Adjuvants are vaccine components that can boost the type, magnitude, breadth, and
durability of an immune response. We have previously demonstrated that certain adjuvant …

Pentablock copolymer micelle nanoadjuvants enhance cytosolic delivery of antigen and improve vaccine efficacy while inducing low inflammation

S Senapati, RJ Darling, D Loh… - ACS biomaterials …, 2019 - ACS Publications
As the focus has shifted from traditional killed or live, attenuated vaccines toward subunit
vaccines, improvements in vaccine safety have been confronted with low immunogenicity of …

A polymer-based antigen carrier activates two innate immune pathways for adjuvant-free subunit vaccines

H Chen, L Wang, X Zhao, H Jiang, M Wu, Y Ding… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The activation of multiple Pattern Recognition Receptors (PRRs) has been demonstrated to
trigger inflammatory responses and coordinate the host's adaptive immunity during …

[HTML][HTML] Generation of potent cellular and humoral immunity against SARS-CoV-2 antigens via conjugation to a polymeric glyco-adjuvant

LT Gray, MM Raczy, PS Briquez, TM Marchell, AT Alpar… - Biomaterials, 2021 - Elsevier
The SARS-CoV-2 virus has caused an unprecedented global crisis, and curtailing its spread
requires an effective vaccine which elicits a diverse and robust immune response. We have …