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Down selecting adjuvanted vaccine formulations: a comparative method for harmonized evaluation

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Immunology, January 2018
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Title
Down selecting adjuvanted vaccine formulations: a comparative method for harmonized evaluation
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BMC Immunology, January 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12865-018-0245-0
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Sumera Y. Younis, Christophe Barnier-Quer, Simon Heuking, Vinod Sommandas, Livia Brunner, Nicole vd.Werff, Patrice Dubois, Martin Friede, Clemens Kocken, Nicolas Collin, Ed Remarque

Abstract

The need for rapid and accurate comparison of panels of adjuvanted vaccine formulations and subsequent rational down selection, presents several challenges for modern vaccine development. Here we describe a method which may enable vaccine and adjuvant developers to compare antigen/adjuvant combinations in a harmonized fashion. Three reference antigens: Plasmodium falciparum apical membrane antigen 1 (AMA1), hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg), and Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen 85A (Ag85A), were selected as model antigens and were each formulated with three adjuvants: aluminium oxyhydroxide, squalene-in-water emulsion, and a liposome formulation mixed with the purified saponin fraction QS21. The nine antigen/adjuvant formulations were assessed for stability and immunogenicity in mice in order to provide benchmarks against which other formulations could be compared, in order to assist subsequent down selection of adjuvanted vaccines. Furthermore, mouse cellular immune responses were analyzed by measuring IFN-γ and IL-5 production in splenocytes by ELISPOT, and humoral responses were determined by antigen-specific ELISA, where levels of total IgG, IgG1, IgG2b and IgG2c in serum samples were determined. The reference antigens and adjuvants described in this study, which span a spectrum of immune responses, are of potential use as tools to act as points of reference in vaccine development studies. The harmonized methodology described herein may be used as a tool for adjuvant/antigen comparison studies.

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Unknown 30 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 6 20%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 13%
Student > Bachelor 3 10%
Student > Master 3 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 7%
Other 4 13%
Unknown 8 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Immunology and Microbiology 5 17%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 10%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 7%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 7%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 7%
Other 3 10%
Unknown 13 43%
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#6,869,176
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#114
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#139,953
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Immunology
#2
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