Subunit vaccine delivery platform for robust humoral and cellular immune responses
AssigneeCornell University
InventorsDavid Putnam, Joseph Rosenthal, Chung-Jr Huang, Matthew Delisa, Susana Mendez
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a probiotic cell transformed with a construct suitable to overexpress and display on the surface of the probiotic cell a fusion protein comprising at least a portion of a transport protein coupled to at least a portion of one or more antigenic proteins or peptides. Probiotic-derived vesicles displaying this fusion protein as well as methods of inducing an immune response using the probiotic cells or vesicles are also disclosed.
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A probiotic-derived vesicle displaying a fusion protein, wherein said fusion protein comprises at least a portion of a transport protein coupled to at least a portion of one or more antigenic proteins or peptides.
A probiotic-derived vesicle displaying a fusion protein, wherein said fusion protein comprises at least a portion of a transport protein coupled to at least a portion of one or more antigenic food allergy proteins or peptides.
A probiotic-derived vesicle displaying a fusion protein, wherein said fusion protein comprises at least a portion of a transport protein coupled to at least a portion of one or more antigenic viral proteins or peptides.
A probiotic-derived vesicle displaying a fusion protein, wherein said fusion protein comprises at least a portion of a transport protein coupled to at least a portion of one or more antigenic intracellular bacterial proteins or peptides.
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