Current status and perspectives on protein-based pneumococcal vaccines

M Darrieux, C Goulart, D Briles… - Critical reviews in …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Despite the efforts to expand the availability of conjugate vaccines, pneumococcal diseases
still pose an enormous burden worldwide. Therefore, several proteins have been …

The long search for a serotype independent pneumococcal vaccine

TR Converso, L Assoni, GO André… - Expert review of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Serotype replacement–a consequence of polysaccharide vaccine use–will
continue to drive the inclusion of new serotypes on conjugate vaccines, increasing …

Semisynthetic Pneumococcal Glycoconjugate Nanovaccine

M Prasanna, R Varela Calvino, A Lambert… - Bioconjugate …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines offer an excellent safety profile and high protection
against the serotypes comprised in the vaccine. However, inclusion of protein antigens from …

Characterization of protective immune responses induced by pneumococcal surface protein A in fusion with pneumolysin derivatives

C Goulart, TR Silva, D Rodriguez, WR Politano… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA) and Pneumolysin derivatives (Pds) are important
vaccine candidates, which can confer protection in different models of pneumococcal …

Conjugation of polysaccharide 6B from Streptococcus pneumoniae with pneumococcal surface protein A: PspA conformation and its effect on the immune response

CT Perciani, GC Barazzone, C Goulart… - Clinical and Vaccine …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Despite the substantial beneficial effects of incorporating the 7-valent pneumococcal
conjugate vaccine (PCV7) into immunization programs, serotype replacement has been …

Fusion of PspA to detoxified pneumolysin enhances pneumococcal vaccine coverage

B Milani, TW Dos Santos, MES Guerra, S Oliveira… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Despite the implementation of conjugate vaccines in several countries, S. pneumoniae
continues to pose a great burden worldwide, causing around 1 million annual deaths …

Semisynthetic glycoconjugate based on dual role protein/PsaA as a pneumococcal vaccine

M Prasanna, D Soulard, E Camberlein, N Ruffier… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Pneumococcal infections remain a major public health concern worldwide. The currently
available vaccines in the market are based on pneumococcal capsular polysaccharides but …

Panel 6: vaccines

SI Pelton, MM Pettigrew… - … —Head and Neck …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective To update progress on the effectiveness of vaccine for prevention of acute otitis
media (AOM) and identification of promising candidate antigens against Streptococcus …

Development of a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine based on chemical conjugation of polysaccharide serotype 6B to PspA

LE Santiesteban-Lores, J Cabrera-Crespo… - Microbial …, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of conjugate vaccines remains an effective intervention to prevent pneumococcal
diseases. In order to expand vaccine coverage, the inclusion of pneumococcal proteins as …

Vaccine potential of pneumococcal proteins

AD Ogunniyi, JC Paton - Streptococcus pneumoniae, 2015 - Elsevier
Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) continues to be responsible for massive
global morbidity and mortality, causing a broad spectrum of diseases including pneumonia …