Development of Human Recombinant Leptospirosis Vaccines

Oliveira, Natasha Rodrigues de; Oliveira, Thaís Larré; Jorge, Sérgio; Dellagostin, Odir Antônio

doi:10.1007/978-1-0716-1884-4_16

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“…Adjuvants and delivery systems will need to overcome tolerance to self antigens. Close immune monitoring is imperative both for maximizing efficacy and assessing concerning adverse events like hyperprogression [13].…”

Section: Key Challenges and Promise Prophylactic Vaccinationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Can Vaccines Stop Cancer Before It Starts? Assessing the Promise of Prophylactic Immunization Against High-Risk Preneoplastic Lesions

Addissouky,

El Tantawy El Sayed,

Ali

et al. 2023

J Cell Immunol

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Background: Cancer remains a leading cause of mortality with modest declines, highlighting the need for more efficacious prevention strategies like early immunological intervention against premalignant disease. Main body of abstract: Oncogenic viruses demonstrate prophylactic vaccines can successfully reduce malignancy by blocking precipitating infections. However, most cancers lack viral etiology, requiring novel approaches targeting sporadic precancerous states to enable early immunoprevention. Preneoplastic tissues exhibit biological changes making them appealing targets for stimulating immune surveillance before additional mutations cause unconstrained proliferation. High-risk precancers also provide sources of dysregulated self-antigens. Yet challenges exist in lesion identification, overcoming tolerance, and avoiding inflammation potentially worsening progression. Multidisciplinary insights into precancer immunology, predictive biomarkers, antigen discovery, and combinatorial vaccination strategies are illuminating rational vaccine design. Despite obstacles, prophylactic immunization against early dysplastic changes holds disruptive potential if key steps advance this approach. Elucidating preneoplasia immunobiology and progression risk modeling will be critical to guide productive immune targeting while mitigating immunotherapy hazards. Thoughtful translation could eventually shift paradigms by priming immunosurveillance against peak vulnerability lesions. Short Conclusion: Advancements in precancer vaccines may profoundly expand prevention horizons. Cautious immune targeting of premalignant states could intercept progression toward widely disseminated malignancies. This warrants methodical efforts to unravel the promise of thwarting lethal cancers before they start.

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Section: Key Challenges and Promise Prophylactic Vaccinationmentioning

confidence: 99%