Design of novel vaccines based on virus-like particles or chimeric virions
Virus-like particles (VLPs) are formed by viral structural proteins that, when overexpressed, spontaneously self-assemble into particles that are antigenically indistinguishable from infectious virus or subviral particles. VLPs are appealing as vaccine candidates because their inherent properties (i.e.;virus-sized, multimeric antigens, highly organised and repetitive structure, not infectious) are suitable for the induction of safe and efficient humoral and cellular immune responses. VLP-based vaccines have already been licensed for human and veterinary use, and many more vaccine candidates are currently in late stages of evaluation. Moreover, the development of VLPs as platforms for foreign antigen display has further broadened their potential applicability both as prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines. This chapter provides an overview on the design and use of VLPs for the development of new generation vaccines.
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| Format: | artículo de revisión biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Springer
2013
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| Subjects: | Virus, Virus-like particles, VLPs, Chimeric VLPs, Viral nanoparticles, Capsid structure, Structural proteins, Vaccines, Immune response, Multimeric presentation, Antigen display, Epitopes, B-cell, T-cell, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12792/4892 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/289947 |
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