| Autor: |
Dong JC; Special Pathogens Program; National Microbiology Laboratory; Public Health Agency of Canada; Winnipeg, MB Canada; Department of Immunology; University of Manitoba; Winnipeg, MB Canada., Kobinger GP |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics [Hum Vaccin Immunother] 2013 Apr; Vol. 9 (4), pp. 808-11. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Apr 01. |
| DOI: |
10.4161/hv.22972 |
| Abstrakt: |
To date, vaccinations have been one of the key strategies in the prevention and protection against infectious pathogens. Traditional vaccines have well-known limitations such as safety and efficacy issues, which consequently deems it inappropriate for particular populations and may not be an effective strategy against all pathogens. This evidence highlights the need to develop more efficacious vaccination regiments. Higher levels of protection can be achieved by the addition of immunostimulating adjuvants. Many adjuvants elicit strong, undefined inflammation, which produces increased immunogenicity but may also lead to undesirable effects. Hypothesis driven development of adjuvants is needed to achieve a more specific and directed immune response required for optimal and safe vaccine-induced immune protection. An example of such hypothesis driven development includes the use of short immunomodulating peptides as adjuvants. These peptides have the ability to influence the immune response and can be extrapolated for adjuvant use, but requires further investigation. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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