Injectable hydrogels for personalized cancer immunotherapies

N Mohaghegh, A Ahari, F Zehtabi, C Buttles, S Davani… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
The field of cancer immunotherapy has shown significant growth, and researchers are now
focusing on effective strategies to enhance and prolong local immunomodulation. Injectable …

Molecular basis for potent B cell responses to antigen displayed on particles of viral size

JF Brooks, J Riggs, JL Mueller, R Mathenge… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Multivalent viral epitopes induce rapid, robust and T cell-independent humoral immune
responses, but the biochemical basis for such potency remains incompletely understood …

[HTML][HTML] Advantages and prospects of tag/catcher mediated antigen display on capsid-like particle-based vaccines

KL Aves, L Goksøyr, AF Sander - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
Capsid-like particles (CLPs) are multimeric, repetitive assemblies of recombinant viral
capsid proteins, which are highly immunogenic due to their structural similarity to wild-type …

Lipid phase separation in vesicles enhances TRAIL-mediated cytotoxicity

TQ Vu, JA Peruzzi, LE Sant'Anna, EW Roth… - Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ligand spatial presentation and density play important roles in signaling pathways mediated
by cell receptors and are critical parameters when designing protein-conjugated therapeutic …

[HTML][HTML] A unique antigen against SARS-CoV-2, Acinetobacter baumannii, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

MR Rahbar, SMH Mubarak, A Hessami, B Khalesi… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The recent outbreak of COVID-19 has increased hospital admissions, which could elevate
the risk of nosocomial infections, such as A. baumannii and P. aeruginosa infections …

Antigen-Clustered Nanovaccine Achieves Long-Term Tumor Remission by Promoting B/CD 4 T Cell Crosstalk

C Li, R Clauson, LF Bugada, F Ke, B He, Z Yu… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Current cancer vaccines using T cell epitopes activate antitumor T cell immunity through
dendritic cell/macrophage-mediated antigen presentation, but they lack the ability to …

Synthetic liposomal mimics of biological viruses for the study of immune responses to infection and vaccination

WY Wholey, JL Mueller, C Tan, JF Brooks… - Bioconjugate …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Human viruses possess very complex supramolecular structures. Both icosahedral and
enveloped viruses typically display an array of viral-encoded protein antigens at varied …

Site-specific and stable conjugation of the SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain to liposomes in the absence of any other adjuvants elicits potent neutralizing …

WY Wholey, ST Yoda, W Cheng - Bioconjugate chemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
Understanding immune responses toward viral infection will be useful for potential
therapeutic intervention and offer insights into the design of prophylactic vaccines. The …

An integrated signaling threshold initiates IgG response towards virus-like immunogens

W Wholey, AR Meyer, ST Yoda, JL Mueller… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Class-switched neutralizing antibody (nAb) production is rapidly induced upon many viral
infections. However, due to the presence of multiple components in typical virions, the …

[HTML][HTML] Minimal Determinants for Lifelong Antiviral Antibody Responses in Mice from a Single Exposure to Virus-like Immunogens at Low Doses

WY Wholey, AR Meyer, ST Yoda, B Chackerian… - Vaccines, 2024 - mdpi.com
The durability of an antibody (Ab) response is highly important for antiviral vaccines.
However, due to the complex compositions of natural virions, the molecular determinants of …