Mutiso Joshua M, Macharia John C, Gicheru Michael M
Department of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Institute of Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya, P.O. Box 24481-00502, Karen,Nairobi, Kenya.
J Biomed Res. 2010 Jan;24(1):16-25. doi: 10.1016/S1674-8301(10)60004-8.
Over the last decade, there has been a flurry of research on adjuvants for vaccines, and several novel adjuvants are now licensed products or in late stage clinical development. The success of adjuvants in enhancing the immune response to antigens has led many researchers to re-focus their vaccine development programs. Although several vaccine candidates have been tested against leishmaniasis, there is yet no effective vaccine against this parasitic disease. Recent research has documented that efforts to develop effective Leishmania vaccine have been limited due to lack of an appropriate adjuvant. In view of this, this review paper outlines some of the adjuvants that have been used in Leishmania vaccine candidates and cites a few of the responses obtained from these studies. The aim of the present review is to consolidate these findings to facilitate the application of these adjuvants in general and experimental vaccinology.
在过去十年中,针对疫苗佐剂开展了大量研究,目前有几种新型佐剂已成为获批产品或处于临床开发后期阶段。佐剂在增强对抗抗原的免疫反应方面取得的成功,促使许多研究人员重新调整其疫苗开发计划。尽管已有几种候选疫苗针对利什曼病进行了测试,但目前仍没有针对这种寄生虫病的有效疫苗。最近的研究表明,由于缺乏合适的佐剂,开发有效的利什曼原虫疫苗的努力受到了限制。有鉴于此,本文综述概述了一些在利什曼原虫候选疫苗中使用过的佐剂,并列举了这些研究获得的一些反应。本综述的目的是整合这些发现,以促进这些佐剂在一般疫苗学和实验疫苗学中的应用。