DNA Vaccine-Encoded Flagellin Can Be Used as an Adjuvant Scaffold to Augment HIV-1 gp41 Membrane Proximal External Region Immunogenicity

Flagellin’s potential as a vaccine adjuvant has been increasingly explored over the last three decades. Monomeric flagellin proteins are the only known agonists of Toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5). This interaction evokes a pro-inflammatory state that impacts upon both innate and adaptive immunity. While...

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Main Authors: Lara Ajamian, Luca Melnychuk, Patrick Jean-Pierre, Gerasimos J. Zaharatos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-02-01
Series:Viruses
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/10/3/100