The use of viral vectors in vaccine development

T Travieso, J Li, S Mahesh, JDFRE Mello, M Blasi - npj Vaccines, 2022 - nature.com
Vaccines represent the single most cost-efficient and equitable way to combat and eradicate
infectious diseases. While traditional licensed vaccines consist of either …

Fatty acid transport protein 2 reprograms neutrophils in cancer

F Veglia, VA Tyurin, M Blasi, A De Leo, AV Kossenkov… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Polymorphonuclear myeloid-derived suppressor cells (PMN-MDSCs) are pathologically
activated neutrophils that are crucial for the regulation of immune responses in cancer …

Lentiviral vectors as a vaccine platform against infectious diseases

K Nemirov, M Bourgine, F Anna, Y Wei, P Charneau… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Lentiviral vectors are among the most effective viral vectors for vaccination. In clear contrast
to the reference adenoviral vectors, lentiviral vectors have a high potential for transducing …

Lipid bodies containing oxidatively truncated lipids block antigen cross-presentation by dendritic cells in cancer

F Veglia, VA Tyurin, D Mohammadyani, M Blasi… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Cross-presentation is a critical function of dendritic cells (DCs) required for induction of
antitumor immune responses and success of cancer immunotherapy. It is established that …

Use of lentiviral vectors in vaccination

MW Ku, P Charneau, L Majlessi - Expert Review of Vaccines, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Lentiviral vectors have emerged as powerful vectors for vaccination, due to their
high efficiency to transduce dendritic cells and to induce long-lasting humoral immunity …

An update on the HIV DNA vaccine strategy

J Hokello, AL Sharma, M Tyagi - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
In 2020, the global prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection was
estimated to be 38 million, and a total of 690,000 people died from acquired …

Integrase-defective lentiviral vector is an efficient vaccine platform for cancer immunotherapy

V Morante, M Borghi, I Farina, Z Michelini, F Grasso… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Integrase-defective lentiviral vectors (IDLVs) have been used as a safe and efficient delivery
system in several immunization protocols in murine and non-human primate preclinical …

Strategies for inducing effective neutralizing antibody responses against HIV-1

I del Moral-Sánchez, K Sliepen - Expert review of vaccines, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Despite intensive research efforts, there is still no effective prophylactic vaccine
available against HIV-1. Currently, substantial efforts are devoted to the development of …

Integrase defective lentiviral vector as a vaccine platform for delivering influenza antigens

A Gallinaro, M Borghi, R Bona, F Grasso… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Viral vectors represent an attractive technology for vaccine delivery. We exploited the
integrase defective lentiviral vector (IDLV) as a platform for delivering relevant antigens …

Establishment, persistence, and reactivation of latent HIV-1 infection in renal epithelial cells

EJ Baker, K Hughes, T Travieso, ME Klotman… - Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT HIV-1 persistence in different cell types presents the main obstacle to an HIV-1
cure. We have previously shown that the renal epithelium is a site of HIV-1 infection and that …