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Published on: May 19, 2020
Chloroplast-derived anthrax and other vaccine antigens: their immunogenic and immunoprotective properties
Sushama Kamarajugadda1, Henry Daniell
1Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, University of Central Florida, Bimolecular science Building 20, room 336, Orlando, FL 32816-2364, USA.
Abstract:
Transgenic plants offer many advantages, including low cost of production (by elimination of fermenters), storage and transportation, heat stability, absence of human pathogens, protection of antigens in the stomach through bioencapsulation (when delivered orally), elimination of the need for expensive purification and sterile injections and generation of both systemic and mucosal immunity. Recent studies have demonstrated that chloroplast-derived anthrax-protective antigen elicits effective immune responses, develops neutralizing antibodies, confers complete protection against anthrax lethal toxin challenge and produces 360 million doses of vaccine in one acre of transgenic plants. Chloroplast-derived vaccine antigens are efficacious against bacterial, fungal, viral and protozoan pathogens.
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