Virus-like particles: preparation, immunogenicity and their roles as nanovaccines and drug nanocarriers

S Nooraei, H Bahrulolum, ZS Hoseini… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Virus-like particles (VLPs) are virus-derived structures made up of one or more different
molecules with the ability to self-assemble, mimicking the form and size of a virus particle but …

Self-assembled peptide and protein nanostructures for anti-cancer therapy: Targeted delivery, stimuli-responsive devices and immunotherapy

M Delfi, R Sartorius, M Ashrafizadeh, E Sharifi, Y Zhang… - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Self-assembled peptides and proteins possess tremendous potential as targeted drug
delivery systems and key applications of these well-defined nanostructures reside in anti …

A current update on human papillomavirus-associated head and neck cancers

E Tumban - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the cause of a growing percentage of head and
neck cancers (HNC); primarily, a subset of oral squamous cell carcinoma, oropharyngeal …

Virus-like particle vaccines and platforms for vaccine development

M Kheirvari, H Liu, E Tumban - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Virus-like particles (VLPs) have gained a lot of interest within the past two decades. The use
of VLP-based vaccines to protect against three infectious agents—hepatitis B virus, human …

Phage display as a tool for vaccine and immunotherapy development

KL Hess, CM Jewell - Bioengineering & translational medicine, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Bacteriophages, or phages, are viruses that specifically infect bacteria and coopt the cellular
machinery to create more phage proteins, eventually resulting in the release of new phage …

Immunoinformatic identification of B cell and T cell epitopes in the SARS-CoV-2 proteome

SN Crooke, IG Ovsyannikova, RB Kennedy… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
A novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) emerged from China in late 2019 and rapidly spread
across the globe, infecting millions of people and generating societal disruption on a level …

Bacteriophage T4 nanoparticles for vaccine delivery against infectious diseases

P Tao, J Zhu, M Mahalingam, H Batra… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2019 - Elsevier
Subunit vaccines containing one or more target antigens from pathogenic organisms
represent safer alternatives to whole pathogen vaccines. However, the antigens by …

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 …

Use of plant viruses and virus-like particles for the creation of novel vaccines

I Balke, A Zeltins - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
In recent decades, the development of plant virology and genetic engineering techniques
has resulted in the construction of plant virus-based vaccines for protection against different …

Improving the efficacy of peptide vaccines in cancer immunotherapy

F Zahedipour, K Jamialahmadi, P Zamani… - International …, 2023 - Elsevier
Peptide vaccines have shown great potential in cancer immunotherapy by targeting tumor
antigens and activating the patient's immune system to mount a specific response against …