Clinical and Experimental Vaccine Research  2015;4(1):54-58

doi:10.7774/cevr.2015.4.1.54

Vaccine adjuvant materials for cancer immunotherapy and control of infectious disease.

Yong Taik LIM 1

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Keywords

Immunological adjuvants; Immunotherapy; Immunomodulation

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

English

Abstract

Adjuvants can be defined as pharmacological and immunological components that are able to modify and/or enhance antigen-specific immune responses. Based on the interdisciplinary research between immunology and material science/engineering, various vaccine adjuvant materials have been developed. By rational design and engineering of antigen or adjuvant materials, immune-modulatory vaccine systems generated to activate immune system. Here, we review the current progress of bioengineered prophylactic and/or therapeutic vaccine adjuvant for cancer and/or infectious disease, and discuss the prospect of future vaccine adjuvant materials.