| Literature DB >> 20170768 |
Stephen H Gregory1, Wilbur H Chen, Stephanie Mott, John E Palardy, Nicholas A Parejo, Sara Heninger, Christine A Anderson, Andrew W Artenstein, Steven M Opal, Alan S Cross.
Abstract
Francisella tularensis is a category A select agent. J5dLPS/OMP is a novel vaccine construct consisting of detoxified, O-polysaccharide side chain-deficient, lipopolysaccharide non-covalently complexed with the outer membrane protein of N. meningitidis group B. Immunization elicits high-titer polyclonal antibodies specific for the highly-conserved epitopes expressed within the glycolipid core that constitutes gram-negative bacteria (e.g., F. tularensis). Mice immunized intranasally with J5dLPS/OMP exhibited protective immunity to intratracheal challenge with the live vaccine strain, as well as the highly-virulent SchuS4 strain, of F. tularensis. The efficacy of J5dLPS/OMP vaccine suggests its potential utility in immunizing the general population against several different gram-negative select agents concurrently. (c) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20170768 PMCID: PMC2847053 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.01.067
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Vaccine ISSN: 0264-410X Impact factor: 3.641