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Adjuvantation of epidermal powder immunizationD Chen
PowderJect Vaccines Inc, 585 Science Drive, Madison, WI 53711, USA
Vaccine 19:2908-17. 2001..EPI is a promising immunization method that may be used to administer a broad range of vaccines including vaccines with adjuvants...
Serum and mucosal immune responses to an inactivated influenza virus vaccine induced by epidermal powder immunizationD Chen
PowderJect Vaccines, Inc, Madison, Wisconsin 53711, USA
J Virol 75:7956-65. 2001..The ability to elicit augmented circulating antibody and mucosal antibody responses makes EPI a promising alternative to needle injection for administering vaccines against influenza and other diseases...
Epidermal powder immunization induces both cytotoxic T-lymphocyte and antibody responses to protein antigens of influenza and hepatitis B virusesD Chen
PowderJect Vaccines, Inc, Madison, Wisconsin 53711, USA
J Virol 75:11630-40. 2001..In summary, EPI directly delivers protein antigens to the cytosol of the LCs in the skin and elicits both cellular and antibody responses...
Epidermal powder immunization: cellular and molecular mechanisms for enhancing vaccine immunogenicityDexiang Chen
PowderJect Vaccines Inc, 585 Science Drive, Madison, WI 53711, USA
Virus Res 103:147-53. 2004..These results have important implications for the development of a more efficacious human influenza vaccine...
Targeting epidermal Langerhans cells by epidermal powder immunizationDexiang Chen
PowderJect Vaccines, Inc, Madison, WI 53711, USA
Cell Res 12:97-104. 2002..Epidermal powder immunization (EPI) is a technology that offers a tool to manipulate the LCs and the potential to harness the immune reactions towards prevention and treatment of infectious diseases and immune disorders...
Epidermal powder immunization with a recombinant HIV gp120 targets Langerhans cells and induces enhanced immune responsesDexiang Chen
PowderJect Vaccines, Inc, 585 Science Drive, Madison, WI 53711, USA
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 18:715-22. 2002..EPI may serve as a useful tool to evaluate vaccine potential of the rgp120 protein...
Needle-free epidermal powder immunizationDexiang Chen
PowderJect Vaccines Inc, Madison, WI 53711, USA
Expert Rev Vaccines 1:265-76. 2002..Emphasis will be placed on epidermal powder immunization and particle-mediated ('gene gun') DNA immunization, which use similar mechanical devices to deliver protein and DNA vaccines, respectively, into the viable epidermis...
Epidermal powder immunization of mice and monkeys with an influenza vaccineDexiang Chen
PowderJect Vaccines, Inc, 585 Science Drive, Madison, WI 53711, USA
Vaccine 21:2830-6. 2003..This study suggests that EPI is a promising technique for administering human vaccine and that QS-21 augments the immunogenicity of co-administered influenza vaccine...
Hepatitis-B surface antigen (HBsAg) powder formulation: process and stability assessmentYuh Fun Maa
PowderJect Vaccines, Inc, 8551 Research Way Boulevard, Middleton, WI 53562, USA
Curr Drug Deliv 4:57-67. 2007..Further, a systematic formulation development strategy allowed the development and optimization of an HBsAg dry powder formulation, demonstrating excellent long-term physical, biochemical, and immunological stability...
Optimization of an alum-adsorbed vaccine powder formulation for epidermal powder immunizationYuh Fun Maa
PowderJect Vaccines, Inc, Madison, Wisconsin 53711, USA
Pharm Res 20:969-77. 2003..To develop stable and effective aluminum salt (alum)-adsorbed vaccine powder formulations for epidermal powder immunization (EPI) via a spray freeze-drying (SFD) process...
Influenza vaccine powder formulation development: spray-freeze-drying and stability evaluationYuh Fun Maa
PowderJect Vaccines, Incorporated, 8551 Research Way Boulevard, Middleton, Wisconsin 53562, USA
J Pharm Sci 93:1912-23. 2004..More important, this study led to the selection of a formulation system that had been successfully tested in a human clinical study...
Stabilization of alum-adjuvanted vaccine dry powder formulations: mechanism and applicationYuh Fun Maa
PowderJect Vaccines, Inc 585 Science Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53711, USA
J Pharm Sci 92:319-32. 2003..Therefore, SFD presents a novel and effective drying process for alum-adjuvanted vaccine formulations and is particularly valuable for dry powder applications such as EPI...
Immune responses to hepatitis B surface antigen following epidermal powder immunizationJorge E Osorio
PowderJect Vaccines Inc, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Immunol Cell Biol 81:52-8. 2003..These results show that epidermal powder immunization is a safe and effective method to deliver hepatitis B surface antigen and the addition of new adjuvants, such as CpG DNA, may further enhance the efficacy of this vaccine...
Epidermal powder immunization using non-toxic bacterial enterotoxin adjuvants with influenza vaccine augments protective immunityDexiang Chen
PowderJect Vaccines Inc, 585 Science Drive, Madison, WI 53711, USA
Vaccine 20:2671-9. 2002..These adjuvants were well-tolerated both locally and systemically following EPI. These results suggest that EPI with influenza vaccine and a non-toxic bacterial enterotoxin hold promise for human vaccination...
A protective effect of epidermal powder immunization in a mouse model of equine herpesvirus-1 infectionTakashi Kondo
Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
Virology 318:414-9. 2004..These findings indicate that the powder vaccine is a promising approach for the immunological control of EHV-1 infection, either alone or as a part of prime-boost vaccination strategies...
An antigen-independent but not antigen-specific T(H)1 response provides protection in the murine airway inflammation modelMelissa S Burger
PowderJect Vaccines, Inc, Seattle, WA, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 114:1301-8. 2004..CONCLUSION: This finding argues against the approach of boosting an allergen-dependent T(H)1 response and favors induction of an antigen-independent T(H)1 response for allergy immunotherapy...
Peptide induces CD4(+)CD25+ and IL-10+ T cells and protection in airway allergy modelsCindy L Zuleger
PowderJect Vaccines Inc, Middleton, WI 53562, USA
Vaccine 23:3181-6. 2005..Thus, intravenous delivery of a single peptide epitope is capable of inducing peripheral tolerance and protection in a complex allergy model, possibly through regulatory T cells and bystander suppression...
Epidermal powder immunization against influenzaHansi J Dean
PowderJect Vaccines, Inc, 8551 Research Way, Middleton, WI 53562, USA
Vaccine 23:681-6. 2004..Powdered influenza vaccine delivered by EPI is safe and elicits humoral immune responses in humans...
Spray-coating for biopharmaceutical powder formulations: beyond the conventional scale and its applicationYuh Fun Maa
PowderJect Vaccines, Inc, 585 Science Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53711, USA
Pharm Res 21:515-23. 2004..Protein stability was analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The immunogenicity of the vaccine was evaluated in vivo by needle injection and epidermal powder immunization (EPI) of mice or guinea pigs...
