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ReviewHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2025

Protein nanocages: A new frontier in mucosal vaccine delivery and immune activation.

Lavanya Agnes Angalene J, Paopachapich Pa, Chheng Y Seng, Joon Haeng Rhee, Shee Eun Lee

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Review in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Mucosal immunity and vaccine development.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Lavanya Agnes Angalene JDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Chonnam National University, Hwasun-gun, Republic of Korea.
Paopachapich PaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Chonnam National University, Hwasun-gun, Republic of Korea.
Chheng Y SengDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Chonnam National University, Hwasun-gun, Republic of Korea.
Joon Haeng RheeCombinatorial Tumor Immunotherapy MRC, Chonnam National University Medical School, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam, Republic of Korea.
Shee Eun LeeNational Immunotherapy Innovation Center, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-2023-3317

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mucosal infectious diseases represent a significant global health burden, impacting millions of people worldwide through pathogens that invade the respiratory, gastrointestinal, and urogenital tracts. Mucosal vaccines provide a promising strategy to combat these diseases by preventing pathogens from entering through the portals as well as within the systemic response compartment. However, challenges such as antigen instability, inefficient delivery, suboptimal immune activation, and the complex biology of mucosal barriers hinder their development. These limitations require integrating specialized adjuvants and delivery systems. Protein nanocages, self-assembling nanoscale structures that can be engineered, may provide an innovative solution for co-delivering antigens and adjuvants. With their remarkable stability, biocompatibility, and design versatility, protein nanocages can potentially overcome existing challenges in mucosal vaccine delivery and enhance protective immune responses. This review highlights the potential of protein nanocages to revolutionize mucosal vaccine development by addressing these challenges.

Indexed as

Drug Delivery SystemsImmunity, MucosalNanostructuresProteinsVaccinesAdjuvants, ImmunologicAdjuvants, VaccineAdministration, MucosalAnimalsHumansVaccine DevelopmentAdjuvants, ImmunologicAdjuvants, VaccineProteinsVaccinesadjuvant displaymucosal vaccineProtein nanocageself-assembling nanocarriervaccine delivery

Identifiers

PMID40353600
PMCPMC12077460

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