Bacteriophages and the immune system

M Popescu, JD Van Belleghem… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Bacteriophages—viruses that infect bacteria—are abundant within our bodies, but their
significance to human health is only beginning to be explored. Here, we synthesize what is …

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 …

Aspects of phage-based vaccines for protein and epitope immunization

M Palma - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Because vaccine development is a difficult process, this study reviews aspects of phages as
vaccine delivery vehicles through a literature search. The results demonstrated that because …

Carriers and antigens: new developments in glycoconjugate vaccines

RMF van der Put, B Metz, RJ Pieters - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Glycoconjugate vaccines have proven their worth in the protection and prevention of
infectious diseases. The introduction of the Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine is the …

Application of built-in adjuvants for epitope-based vaccines

Y Lei, F Zhao, J Shao, Y Li, S Li, H Chang, Y Zhang - PeerJ, 2019 - peerj.com
Several studies have shown that epitope vaccines exhibit substantial advantages over
conventional vaccines. However, epitope vaccines are associated with limited immunity …

Current efforts in the development of vaccines for the prevention of Zika and Chikungunya virus infections

S Schrauf, R Tschismarov, E Tauber… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Arboviruses represent major challenges to public health, particularly in tropical, and
subtropical regions, and a substantial risk to other parts of the world as respective vectors …

Potential applications of thermophilic bacteriophages in one health

H Liu, M Kheirvari, E Tumban - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Bacteriophages have a wide range of applications such as combating antibiotic resistance,
preventing food contamination for food safety, and as biomarkers to indirectly assess the …

Integrating biomaterials and immunology to improve vaccines against infectious diseases

L Yenkoidiok-Douti, CM Jewell - ACS Biomaterials Science & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Despite the success of vaccines in preventing many infectious diseases, effective vaccines
against pathogens with ongoing challenges—such as HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis …

Combating infectious diseases with synthetic biology

A Khan, J Ostaku, E Aras… - ACS Synthetic Biology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Over the past decades, there have been numerous outbreaks, including parasitic, fungal,
bacterial, and viral infections, worldwide. The rate at which infectious diseases are emerging …