Glycoconjugate vaccines have been effective in preventing numerous bacterial infectious diseases and have shown recent potential to treat cancers through active immunotherapy. Soluble polysaccharides elicit short-lasting immune responses and are usually covalently linked to immunogenic carrier proteins to enhance the antigen-specific immune response by stimulating T-cell-dependent mechanisms. Nonetheless, the conjugation of purified polysaccharides to carrier proteins complexifies vaccine production, and immunization with protein glycoconjugates can lead to the undesirable immunogenic interference of the carrier.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVery few empirically validated tools exist for assessing reactive attachment disorder (RAD) and disinhibited social engagement disorder (DSED). The RAD and DSED assessment interview (RADA), a semistructured diagnostic interview, was updated in 2018 from the CAPA-RAD interview to reflect the diagnostic criteria changes in the (5th ed.; ).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAmyloid fibrils are proteinaceous nanostructures known for their ability to activate the innate immune system, which has been recently exploited for their use as self-adjuvanted antigen delivery systems for vaccines. Among mechanisms of immunostimulation, the activation of the heterodimeric toll-like receptor 2/6 (TLR2/TLR6) by the cross-β-sheet quaternary conformation appears important. Nonetheless, the lack of control over the process of self-assembly and the polydispersity of the resulting supramolecular architectures make it challenging to elucidate the molecular basis of TLR2/TLR6 engagement by amyloid assemblies.
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