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Commentary

Immunogenicity of DNA- and recombinant protein-based Alzheimer Disease epitope vaccines

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Pages 1248-1255 | Received 11 Jan 2014, Accepted 16 Jan 2014, Published online: 13 Feb 2014

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Table 1. Ongoing clinical trials for Alzheimer disease

Figure 1. Humoral and cellular immune responses generated in mice by DNA-based epitope vaccine using TDS-IM EP system and protein-based AD epitope vaccine formulated with Quil-A adjuvant. (A and B) Cellular responses are specific to Thep protein, but not Aβ40 peptide. Splenocytes were re-stimulated with 10 µg/mL protein or Aβ40 peptide. (C) Concentrations of anti-Aβ antibodies were detected after 3rd immunizations in sera from individual mice. Bars indicate average ± SD (n = 5 per group, **P ≤ 0.01, ****P ≤ 0.0001).

Figure 1. Humoral and cellular immune responses generated in mice by DNA-based epitope vaccine using TDS-IM EP system and protein-based AD epitope vaccine formulated with Quil-A adjuvant. (A and B) Cellular responses are specific to Thep protein, but not Aβ40 peptide. Splenocytes were re-stimulated with 10 µg/mL protein or Aβ40 peptide. (C) Concentrations of anti-Aβ antibodies were detected after 3rd immunizations in sera from individual mice. Bars indicate average ± SD (n = 5 per group, **P ≤ 0.01, ****P ≤ 0.0001).

Table 2. Liposomal dose formulations composition and characterization

Figure 2. Humoral and cellular immune responses generated by different formulations of protein- and DNA-based AD epitope vaccines, AV-1982R and AV-1959D, respectively. (A) Concentrations of anti-Aβ antibodies were detected after 3rd immunizations in sera from individual mice. (B) Cellular responses are specific to Thep protein, but not Aβ40 peptide. Splenocytes were re-stimulated with 10 µg/mL Thep protein or Aβ40 peptide. Bars indicate average ± SD. Statistical differences in all groups were calculated relative to Liposomes/AV-1982R/AV-1959D immunized group using two-tailed t test (n = 6 per group, **P ≤ 0.01, ***P ≤ 0.001, ****P ≤ 0.0001).

Figure 2. Humoral and cellular immune responses generated by different formulations of protein- and DNA-based AD epitope vaccines, AV-1982R and AV-1959D, respectively. (A) Concentrations of anti-Aβ antibodies were detected after 3rd immunizations in sera from individual mice. (B) Cellular responses are specific to Thep protein, but not Aβ40 peptide. Splenocytes were re-stimulated with 10 µg/mL Thep protein or Aβ40 peptide. Bars indicate average ± SD. Statistical differences in all groups were calculated relative to Liposomes/AV-1982R/AV-1959D immunized group using two-tailed t test (n = 6 per group, **P ≤ 0.01, ***P ≤ 0.001, ****P ≤ 0.0001).

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