Use of a multicomponent, recombinant, meningococcal serogroup B vaccine (4CMenB) for bacterial meningitis prevention
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2014
Citazione:
Use of a multicomponent, recombinant, meningococcal serogroup B vaccine (4CMenB) for bacterial meningitis prevention / S. Esposito, L. Castellazzi, A. Bosco, A. Musio, J. Stoddard. - In: IMMUNOTHERAPY. - ISSN 1750-743X. - 6:4(2014), pp. 395-408. [10.2217/imt.14.11]
Abstract:
Developing effective vaccines against Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B has been challenging for several reasons, including the fact that the capsular polysaccharide of N. meningitidis serogroup B is a poor antigen. Therefore, studies have focused on developing vaccines that target capsular protein meningococcal antigens using reverse vaccinology, a technique that predicts likely vaccine candidates using computational analysis of the whole bacterial genome. This has resulted in a multicomponent, recombinant, meningococcal serogroup B vaccine: 4CMenB (Bexsero®, Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics, NC, USA), containing four main immunogenic components: two recombinant fusion proteins (Neisseria heparin-binding antigen-GNA1030 and factor H-binding protein-GNA2091); recombinant Neisserial adhesion A; and detergent-treated outer membrane vesicles derived from the meningococcal NZ98/254 strain, where porin A 1.4 is the major immunodominant antigen. In this article, we summarize the available clinical data on 4CMenB in healthy infants, adolescents and adults, and discuss the methods available for assessing vaccine efficacy. © 2014 Future Medicine Ltd.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
meningitis ; meningococcal B vaccine ; Neisseria meningitidis ; prevention
Elenco autori:
S. Esposito, L. Castellazzi, A. Bosco, A. Musio, J. Stoddard
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