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Main Author: Christopher Jones
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2005
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Online Access:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=32777209
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  • Vaccines based on the cell surface carbohydrates of pathogenic bacteria Christopher Jones Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas) lipopolysaccharides GlycoconjugateVaccines Capsularpolysaccharides Glycoconjugatevaccines,inwhichacellsurfacecarbohydratefromamicro-organismiscovalentlyattachedtoanappropriatecarrierproteinareprovingtobethemosteffectivemeanstogenerateprotectiveimmuneresponsestopreventawiderangeofdiseases.Thetechnologyappearstobegenericandapplicabletoawiderangeofpathogens,aslongasantibodiesagainstsurfacecarbohydrateshelpprotectagainstinfection.Threesuchvaccines,againstHaemophilusinfluenzaetypeb,NeisseriameningitidisGroupCandsevenserotypesofStreptococcuspneumoniae,havealreadybeenlicensedandmanyothersareindevelopment.Thisarticlediscussestherationaleforthedevelopmentanduseofglycoconjugatevaccines,themechanismsbywhichtheyelicitTcell-dependentimmuneresponsesandtheimplicationsofthisforvaccinedevelopment,theroleofphysicochemicalmethodsinthecharacterisationandqualitycontrolofthesevaccines,andthenovelproductswhichareunderdevelopment. 2005 artículo científico 0001-3765 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=32777209 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=327 Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências application/pdf Academia Brasileira de Ciências Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Brasil) Num.2 Vol.77