The virosome concept for influenza vaccines

A Huckriede, L Bungener, T Stegmann, T Daemen… - Vaccine, 2005 - Elsevier
There is a need for more efficacious inactivated influenza vaccines, since current
formulations show suboptimal immunogenicity in at-risk populations, like the elderly. More …

Vaccines and vaccination

G Ada - New England Journal of Medicine, 2001 - Mass Medical Soc
More than 70 bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi are serious human pathogens. 1
Vaccines are available against some of these agents and are being developed against …

Safety of MF59™ adjuvant

V Schultze, V D'Agosto, A Wack, D Novicki, J Zorn… - Vaccine, 2008 - Elsevier
The need to enhance the immunogenicity of purified subunit antigens has prompted the
development of new adjuvants. The adjuvant emulsion MF59™ has been tested in animals …

Adjuvanticity of the oil-in-water emulsion MF59 is independent of Nlrp3 inflammasome but requires the adaptor protein MyD88

A Seubert, S Calabro, L Santini… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Oil-in-water emulsions have been successfully used to increase the efficacy,
immunogenicity, and cross-protection of human vaccines; however, their mechanism of …

MF59-adjuvanted vaccines: increased immunogenicity with an optimal safety profile

A Podda, G Del Giudice - Expert review of vaccines, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
The need to enhance the immunogenicity of purified subunit antigens has prompted the
development of several new adjuvants. However, many of these new molecules have …

Development of virus-like particle technology from small highly symmetric to large complex virus-like particle structures

P Pushko, P Pumpens, E Grens - Intervirology, 2013 - karger.com
Virus-like particle (VLP) technology is a promising approach for the construction of novel
vaccines, diagnostic tools, and gene therapy vectors. Initially, VLPs were primarily derived …

Type I IFN as a natural adjuvant for a protective immune response: lessons from the influenza vaccine model

E Proietti, L Bracci, S Puzelli, T Di Pucchio… - The Journal of …, 2002 - journals.aai.org
The identification of natural adjuvants capable of selectively promoting an efficient immune
response against infectious agents would represent an important advance in immunology …

Serological responses to an avian influenza A/H7N9 vaccine mixed at the point-of-use with MF59 adjuvant: a randomized clinical trial

MJ Mulligan, DI Bernstein, P Winokur, R Rupp… - Jama, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Human infections with avian influenza A/H7N9 have resulted in high morbidity
and mortality in China. Objective To compare safety and immunogenicity of different doses …

Induction of a potent immune response in the elderly using the TLR-5 agonist, flagellin, with a recombinant hemagglutinin influenza–flagellin fusion vaccine (VAX125 …

DN Taylor, JJ Treanor, C Strout, C Johnson… - Vaccine, 2011 - Elsevier
Background Influenza vaccines perform poorly in the elderly with reduced serological
response and vaccine efficacy. We evaluated a novel influenza vaccine consisting of the …

MF59-adjuvanted versus non-adjuvanted influenza vaccines: integrated analysis from a large safety database

M Pellegrini, U Nicolay, K Lindert, N Groth… - Vaccine, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Adding adjuvants such as MF59® to influenza vaccines can enhance the
immune response. This analysis evaluated the safety profile of MF59-adjuvanted [(+) MF59] …