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Peptide-Based Vaccines against Infectious Diseases and Cancer
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Peptide-Based Vaccines against Infectious Diseases and Cancer

A special issue of Vaccines (ISSN 2076-393X).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 3864

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Waleed Hussein

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School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Australia
Interests: peptide-based vaccines; peptide synthesis; synthesis of enzyme inhibitors; gene delivery; peptide conjugations; drug design; group A streptococcus; malaria; human papilloma virus; mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Dr. Rachel Stephenson

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School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Interests: peptides; subunit vaccines; vaccine development; infectious diseases
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Dr. Mariusz Skwarczynski

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School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
Interests: nanotechnology; peptide chemistry; medicinal chemistry; vaccine/drug delivery; antimicrobial agents; prodrug strategies; macromolecules; adjuvants
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Vaccination is one of the most successful tools for reducing the incidence of infectious diseases. Peptide-based subunit vaccines have emerged as promising prophylactic and therapeutic medication against several infectious diseases including group A streptococcus, malaria, TB, and cancer. Peptide-subunit-based vaccines contain only the minimal immunogenic region of an antigen necessary to elicit the desired immune response. Therefore, only safe and effective epitopes can be selected, removing the risk of allergic and autoimmune responses. However, peptides do not contain the danger signals that are needed to activate the immune system. Thus, an adjuvant/delivery system must be included to stimulate an immune response against the peptide antigen.

Dr. Waleed Hussein
Dr. Rachel Stephenson
Dr. Mariusz Skwarczynski
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Vaccines is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • peptide-based vaccine
  • infectious Diseases
  • prophylactic vaccines
  • therapeutic vaccines
  • cancer
  • vaccine formulations
  • adjuvants

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Peptide-Based Vaccines in Clinical Phases and New Potential Therapeutic Targets as a New Approach for Breast Cancer: A Review
by María Lilia Nicolás-Morales, Arianna Luisa-Sanjuan, Mayralina Gutiérrez-Torres, Amalia Vences-Velázquez, Carlos Ortuño-Pineda, Mónica Espinoza-Rojo, Napoleón Navarro-Tito and Karen Cortés-Sarabia
Vaccines 2022, 10(8), 1249; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10081249 - 03 Aug 2022
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Breast cancer is the leading cause of death in women from 20 to 59 years old. The conventional treatment includes surgery, chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, and immunotherapy. This immunotherapy is based on administering monoclonal therapeutic antibodies (passive) or vaccines (active) with therapeutic purposes. Several [...] Read more.
Breast cancer is the leading cause of death in women from 20 to 59 years old. The conventional treatment includes surgery, chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, and immunotherapy. This immunotherapy is based on administering monoclonal therapeutic antibodies (passive) or vaccines (active) with therapeutic purposes. Several types of vaccines could be used as potential treatments for cancer, including whole-cell, DNA, RNA, and peptide-based vaccines. Peptides used to develop vaccines are derived from tumor-associated antigens or tumor-specific antigens, such as HER-2, MUC1, ErbB2, CEA, FRα, MAGE A1, A3, and A10, NY-ESO-1, among others. Peptide-based vaccines provide some advantages, such as low cost, purity of the antigen, and the induction of humoral and cellular immune response. In this review, we explore the different types of vaccines against breast cancer with a specific focus on the description of peptide-based vaccines, their composition, immune response induction, and the description of new potential therapeutic targets. Full article
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