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Comparison of Fluorinated and Nonfluorinated Lipids in Self-Adjuvanting Delivery Systems for Peptide-Based Vaccines.

ABSTRACT: Safe immunostimulants (adjuvants) are essential for the development of highly potent peptide-based vaccines. This study examined for the first time whether fluorinated lipids could stimulate humoral immunity in vivo when conjugated to peptide antigen. The impact of fluorination on humoral immunity was tested using a library of peptide-based vaccine candidates against the group A streptococcus (GAS). The fluorinated constructs stimulated similar mouse IgG titers to those elicited by complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) and were higher than those produced in mice that received the nonfluorinated constructs.

SUBMITTER: Hussein WM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5304309 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Comparison of Fluorinated and Nonfluorinated Lipids in Self-Adjuvanting Delivery Systems for Peptide-Based Vaccines.

Hussein Waleed M WM Mukaida Saori S Azmi Fazren F Bartlett Stacey S Olivier Celine C Batzloff Michael R MR Good Michael F MF Skwarczynski Mariusz M Toth Istvan I

ACS medicinal chemistry letters 20170124 2

Safe immunostimulants (adjuvants) are essential for the development of highly potent peptide-based vaccines. This study examined for the first time whether fluorinated lipids could stimulate humoral immunity in vivo when conjugated to peptide antigen. The impact of fluorination on humoral immunity was tested using a library of peptide-based vaccine candidates against the group A streptococcus (GAS). The fluorinated constructs stimulated similar mouse IgG titers to those elicited by complete Freu ...[more]

PMID: 28197317

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Comparison of Fluorinated and Nonfluorinated Lipids in Self-Adjuvanting Delivery Systems for Peptide-Based Vaccines.

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Comparison of Fluorinated and Nonfluorinated Lipids in Self-Adjuvanting Delivery Systems for Peptide-Based Vaccines.

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