| Literature DB >> 28197317 |
Waleed M Hussein1, Saori Mukaida1, Fazren Azmi2, Stacey Bartlett1, Celine Olivier1, Michael R Batzloff3, Michael F Good3, Mariusz Skwarczynski1, Istvan Toth4.
Abstract
Safe immunostimulants (adjuvants) are essential for the development of highly potent peptide-based vaccines. This study examined for the first time whether fluorinated lipids could stimulate humoral immunity in vivo when conjugated to peptide antigen. The impact of fluorination on humoral immunity was tested using a library of peptide-based vaccine candidates against the group A streptococcus (GAS). The fluorinated constructs stimulated similar mouse IgG titers to those elicited by complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) and were higher than those produced in mice that received the nonfluorinated constructs.Entities:
Keywords: Fluorinated lipid; cellular immunity; humoral immunity; nanoparticle; peptide-based vaccine; self-adjuvant
Year: 2017 PMID: 28197317 PMCID: PMC5304309 DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.6b00453
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ACS Med Chem Lett ISSN: 1948-5875 Impact factor: 4.345