Bacteriophage T4 nanoparticles for vaccine delivery against infectious diseases

P Tao, J Zhu, M Mahalingam, H Batra… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2019 - Elsevier
Subunit vaccines containing one or more target antigens from pathogenic organisms
represent safer alternatives to whole pathogen vaccines. However, the antigens by …

Inorganic and polymeric nanoparticles for human viral and bacterial infections prevention and treatment

JJ Aguilera-Correa, J Esteban, M Vallet-Regí - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Infectious diseases hold third place in the top 10 causes of death worldwide and were
responsible for more than 6.7 million deaths in 2016. Nanomedicine is a multidisciplinary …

Engineering of bacteriophage T4 genome using CRISPR-Cas9

P Tao, X Wu, WC Tang, J Zhu, V Rao - ACS synthetic biology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Bacteriophages likely constitute the largest biomass on Earth. However, very few phage
genomes have been well-characterized, the tailed phage T4 genome being one of them …

A bacteriophage T4 nanoparticle-based dual vaccine against anthrax and plague

P Tao, M Mahalingam, J Zhu, M Moayeri, J Sha… - MBio, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacillus anthracis and Yersinia pestis, the causative agents of anthrax and plague,
respectively, are two of the deadliest pathogenic bacteria that have been used as biological …

Cryo-EM structure of the bacteriophage T4 isometric head at 3.3-Å resolution and its relevance to the assembly of icosahedral viruses

Z Chen, L Sun, Z Zhang, A Fokine… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
The 3.3-Å cryo-EM structure of the 860-Å-diameter isometric mutant bacteriophage T4
capsid has been determined. WT T4 has a prolate capsid characterized by triangulation …

T4 bacteriophage nanoparticles engineered through CRISPR provide a versatile platform for rapid development of flu mucosal vaccines

M Li, C Chen, X Wang, P Guo, H Feng, X Zhang… - Antiviral Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Vaccines that trigger mucosal immune responses at the entry portals of pathogens are
highly desired. Here, we showed that antigen-decorated nanoparticle generated through …

Unexpected evolutionary benefit to phages imparted by bacterial CRISPR-Cas9

P Tao, X Wu, V Rao - Science advances, 2018 - science.org
Bacteria and bacteriophages arm themselves with various defensive and counterdefensive
mechanisms to protect their own genome and degrade the other's. CRISPR (clustered …

Engineering T4 Bacteriophage for In Vivo Display by Type V CRISPR-Cas Genome Editing

J Dong, C Chen, Y Liu, J Zhu, M Li, VB Rao… - ACS synthetic …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Bacteriophage T4 has enormous potential for biomedical applications due to its large size,
capsid architecture, and high payload capability for protein and DNA delivery. However, it is …

Specific integration of temperate phage decreases the pathogenicity of host bacteria

Y Chen, L Yang, D Yang, J Song, C Wang… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Temperate phages are considered as natural vectors for gene transmission among bacteria
due to the ability to integrate their genomes into a host chromosome, therefore, affect the …

Bacteriophage T4 vaccine platform for next-generation influenza vaccine development

M Li, P Guo, C Chen, H Feng, W Zhang, C Gu… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Develo** influenza vaccines that protect against a broad range of viruses is a global
health priority. Several conserved viral proteins or domains have been identified as …