1. Harnessing virus tropism for dendritic cells for vaccine design.
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Mosaheb MM, Brown MC, Dobrikova EY, Dobrikov MI, and Gromeier M
- Subjects
- Adaptive Immunity, Animals, Antigen Presentation immunology, Dendritic Cells virology, Humans, Immune Evasion, Immunity, Innate, Mice, Poliovirus genetics, Poliovirus immunology, Dendritic Cells immunology, Genetic Vectors, T-Lymphocytes immunology, Viral Tropism, Viral Vaccines immunology
- Abstract
Dendritic cells (DCs) are pivotal stimulators of T cell responses. They provide essential signals (epitope presentation, proinflammatory cytokines, co-stimulation) to T cells and prime adaptive immunity. Therefore, they are paramount to immunization strategies geared to generate T cell immunity. The inflammatory signals DCs respond to, classically occur in the context of acute virus infection. Yet, enlisting viruses for engaging DCs is hampered by their penchant for targeting DCs with sophisticated immune evasive and suppressive ploys. In this review, we discuss our work on devising vectors based on a recombinant polio:rhinovirus chimera for effectively targeting and engaging DCs. We are juxtaposing this approach with commonly used, recently studied dsDNA virus vector platforms., (Copyright © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
- Published
- 2020
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