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  • Immunology
  • Vaccinology
  • Epigenetics

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  • Innate immune cells can acquire a memory-like state, termed trained immunity, following prior stimuli.
  • This trained immunity enhances responses to subsequent microbial challenges through epigenetic and metabolic changes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the role of vaccine adjuvants in inducing trained immunity.
  • To understand how adjuvants contribute to vaccine efficacy beyond adaptive immune stimulation.

Main Methods:

  • Review of recent studies on trained immunity and vaccine adjuvants.
  • Analysis of the mechanisms underlying adjuvant-induced trained immunity.

Main Results:

  • Vaccine adjuvants can induce trained immunity, enhancing innate immune responses.
  • Adjuvant-induced trained immunity contributes to improved vaccine efficacy.

Conclusions:

  • Trained immunity is a key mechanism by which some adjuvants enhance vaccine responses.
  • This concept opens new avenues for designing more immunogenic vaccines through adjuvant and antigen selection.