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Surface plasmon resonance for vaccine design and efficacy studies: recent applications and future trends

Stephen Hearty Biomedical Diagnostics Institute, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland; School of Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland; National Centre for Sensor Research, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland; Biomedical Diagnostics Institute, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland; School of Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland; National Centre for Sensor Research, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland
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Paul J Conroy Biomedical Diagnostics Institute, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland; School of Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland; National Centre for Sensor Research, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland; Biomedical Diagnostics Institute, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland; School of Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland; National Centre for Sensor Research, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland
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B Vijayalakshmi Ayyar Biomedical Diagnostics Institute, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland; School of Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland; National Centre for Sensor Research, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland; Biomedical Diagnostics Institute, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland; School of Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland; National Centre for Sensor Research, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland
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Barry Byrne School of Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland; National Centre for Sensor Research, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland; School of Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland; National Centre for Sensor Research, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland
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Richard O’Kennedy Biomedical Diagnostics Institute, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland; School of Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland; National Centre for Sensor Research, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland;[email protected]
Pages 645-664 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014
 
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Abstract

The lack of a clear correlation between design and protection continues to present a barrier to progress in vaccine research. In this article, we outline how surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensors are emerging as tools to help resolve some of the key biophysical determinants of protection and, thereby, facilitate more rational vaccine design campaigns. SPR technology has contributed significantly to our understanding of the complex biophysical determinants of HIV neutralization and offers a platform for preclinical evaluation of vaccine candidates. In particular, the concept of reverse-engineering HIV vaccine targets based on known broadly neutralizing antibody modalities is explored and extended to include other infectious diseases, such as malaria and influenza, and other diseases such as cancer. The analytical capacity afforded by SPR includes serum screening to monitor immune responses and highly efficient quality-control surveillance measures. These are discussed alongside key technological advances, such as developments in sample throughput, and a perspective predicting continued growth and diversification of the role of SPR in vaccine development is proposed.

Financial & competing interests disclosure

Stephen Hearty, Paul J Conroy, B Vijayalakshmi Ayyar and Richard O’Kennedy are supported by the Science Foundation Ireland under Grant No. 05/CE3/B754. Paul J Conroy is also supported by Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET) Embark Scholarship. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.

No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.

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