开发一种预防由不可分型流感嗜血杆菌引起的中耳炎的疫苗。
Developing a vaccine to prevent otitis media caused by nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae.
作者信息
Khan M Nadeem, Ren Dabin, Kaur Ravinder, Basha Saleem, Zagursky Robert, Pichichero Michael E
机构信息
a Center for Infectious Disease and Immunology , Rochester General Hospital Research Institute , Rochester , NY , USA.
出版信息
Expert Rev Vaccines. 2016 Jul;15(7):863-78. doi: 10.1586/14760584.2016.1156539. Epub 2016 Mar 17.
Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) is a predominant organism of the upper respiratory nasopharyngeal microbiota. Its disease spectrum includes otitis media, sinusitis, non-bacteremic pneumonia and invasive infections. Protein-based vaccines to prevent NTHi infections are needed to alleviate these infections in children and vulnerable populations such as the elderly and those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). One NTHi protein is included in a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and has been shown to provide efficacy. Our lab has been interested in understanding the immunogenicity of NTHi vaccine candidates P6, protein D and OMP26 for preventing acute otitis media in young children. We expect that continued investigation and progress in the development of an efficacious protein based vaccine against NTHi infections is achievable in the near future.
不可分型流感嗜血杆菌(NTHi)是上呼吸道鼻咽微生物群中的主要病原体。其疾病谱包括中耳炎、鼻窦炎、非菌血症性肺炎和侵袭性感染。需要基于蛋白质的疫苗来预防NTHi感染,以减轻儿童以及老年人和慢性阻塞性肺疾病(COPD)患者等弱势群体的这些感染。一种NTHi蛋白包含在肺炎球菌结合疫苗中,并已证明具有疗效。我们实验室一直致力于了解NTHi候选疫苗P6、蛋白D和OMP26在预防幼儿急性中耳炎方面的免疫原性。我们预计,在不久的将来,针对NTHi感染开发有效的基于蛋白质的疫苗能够取得持续的研究进展。