id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-018040-k0h5ejjt Ilyinskii, P. Aspects of Microparticle Utilization for Potentiation of Novel Vaccines: Promises and Risks 2009 .txt text/plain 6930 309 41 Many recombinant vaccines against novel (HIV, HCV) or ever-changing (influenza) infectious agents require the presence of adjuvants/delivery vehicles to induce strong immune responses. Cationic and anionic polylactide co-glycolide (PLG) microparticles have been successfully used to adsorb a variety of agents, which include plasmid DNA, recombinant proteins and adjuvant active oligonucleotides and are also currently tested in several vaccine applications. The size of these vectors is generally within 10-1000 nm and it is a specific mechanism by which our immune system recognizes such particles that underlies their adjuvant potencies (in addition, many carriers protect proteins/NA from rapid degradation in vivo and release them into the organism during prolonged periods of time, which also results in higher immunogenicity). Several VLPbased vaccines have been licensed for general use, many of them against HBV, which are composed of HBV surface antigen (HBsAg), which is a main component of currently used protein-based, alum adjuvant-potentiated vaccine. ./cache/cord-018040-k0h5ejjt.txt ./txt/cord-018040-k0h5ejjt.txt