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BioMEMS and Cellular Biology: Perspectives and Applications
Published on: October 1, 2007
Applications and perspectives of nanomaterials in novel vaccine development
Yingbin Shen1, Tianyao Hao1, Shiyi Ou1
1Department of Food Science and Engineering , School of Science and Engineering , Jinan University , Guangzhou 510632 , Guangdong , China . Email: shenybin412@gmail.com ; Email: daisyhallaiesec@gmail.com ; Email: tosy@jnu.edu.cn ; Email: hucr622@gmail.com ; Email: dexterchen@jnu.edu.cn ; ; Tel: +86 138 801 32918.
Abstract:
Vaccines show great potential for both prophylactic and therapeutic use in infections, cancer, and other diseases. With the rapid development of bio-technologies and materials sciences, nanomaterials are playing essential roles in novel vaccine formulations and can boost antigen effectiveness by operating as delivery systems to enhance antigen processing and/or as immune-potentiating adjuvants to induce or potentiate immune responses. The effect of nanoparticles in vaccinology showed enhanced antigen stability and immunogenicity as well as targeted delivery and slow release. However, obstacles remain due to the lack of fundamental knowledge on the detailed molecular working mechanism and in vivo bio-effects of nanoparticles. This review provides a broad overview of the current improvements in nanoparticles in vaccinology. Modern nanoparticle vaccines are classified by the nanoparticles' action based on either delivery system or immune potentiator approaches. The mechanisms of interaction of nanoparticles with the antigens and the immune system are discussed. Nanoparticle vaccines approved for use are also listed. A fundamental understanding of the in vivo bio-distribution and the fate of nanoparticles will accelerate the rational design of new nanoparticles comprising vaccines in the future.
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