Synthetic biology for bioengineering virus‐like particle vaccines

HK Charlton Hume, J Vidigal… - Biotechnology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Vaccination is the most effective method of disease prevention and control. Many viruses
and bacteria that once caused catastrophic pandemics (eg, smallpox, poliomyelitis …

How promising are HIV-1-based virus-like particles for medical applications

SA Martins, J Santos, RDM Silva, C Rosa… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
New approaches aimed at identifying patient-specific drug targets and addressing unmet
clinical needs in the framework of precision medicine are a strong motivation for researchers …

Downstream processing for influenza vaccines and candidates: An update

S B. Carvalho, C Peixoto… - Biotechnology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Seasonal and pandemic influenza outbreaks present severe health and economic burdens.
To overcome limitations on influenza vaccines' availability and effectiveness, researchers …

Purification of influenza virus‐like particles using sulfated cellulose membrane adsorbers

SB Carvalho, AR Fortuna, MW Wolff… - Journal of Chemical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Vaccines based on virus‐like particles (VLPs) are an
alternative to inactivated viral vaccines that combine good safety profiles with strong …

Improving influenza HA-Vlps production in insect high five cells via adaptive laboratory evolution

R Correia, B Fernandes, PM Alves, MJT Carrondo… - Vaccines, 2020 - mdpi.com
The use of non-standard culture conditions has proven efficient to increase cell performance
and recombinant protein production in different cell hosts. However, the establishment of …

Efficient filtration strategies for the clarification of influenza virus-like particles derived from insect cells

SB Carvalho, RJS Silva, AS Moreira, B Cunha… - Separation and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Vaccination remains the most effective available tool for preventing influenza infection,
which affects millions of people annually. The virus is constantly mutating, requiring annual …

Integrating nanoparticle quantification and statistical design of experiments for efficient HIV-1 virus-like particle production in High Five cells

E Puente-Massaguer, M Lecina, F Gòdia - Applied Microbiology and …, 2020 - Springer
The nature of enveloped virus-like particles (VLPs) has triggered high interest in their
application to different research fields, including vaccine development. The baculovirus …

Stomach as the target organ of Rickettsia heilongjiangensis infection in C57BL/6 mice identified by click chemistry

J Wang, LF Du, MZ Zhang, W Wei, ZY Chen… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Spotted fever group rickettsiae (SFGR) are obligate intracellular bacteria that cause spotted
fever. The limitations of gene manipulation pose great challenges to studying the infection …

Universal label‐free in‐process quantification of influenza virus‐like particles

SB Carvalho, MG Moleirinho, D Wheatley… - Biotechnology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Virus‐like particles (VLPs) are becoming established as vaccines, in particular for influenza
pandemics, increasing the interest in the development of VLPs manufacturing bioprocess …

Production of norovirus-, rotavirus-, and enterovirus-like particles in insect cells is simplified by plasmid-based expression

V Lampinen, S Gröhn, N Lehmler, M Jartti… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Insect cells have long been the main expression host of many virus-like particles (VLP).
VLPs resemble the respective viruses but are non-infectious. They are important in vaccine …