| Title | Harnessing virus tropism for dendritic cells for vaccine design. | ||
| Author | Mosaheb, Mubeen M; Brown, Michael C; Dobrikova, Elena Y; Dobrikov, Mikhail I; Gromeier, Matthias | ||
| Journal | Curr Opin Virol | Publication Year/Month | 2020-Oct |
| PMID | 32771959 | PMCID | PMC7755660 |
| Affiliation + expend | 1.Departments of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology and Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical School, MSRB1 Room 423, Box 3020 Durham, NC 27710, United States. | ||
Dendritic cells (DCs) are pivotal stimulators of T cell responses. They provide essential signals (epitope presentation, proinflammatory cytokines, co-stimulation) to T cells and prime adaptive immunity. Therefore, they are paramount to immunization strategies geared to generate T cell immunity. The inflammatory signals DCs respond to, classically occur in the context of acute virus infection. Yet, enlisting viruses for engaging DCs is hampered by their penchant for targeting DCs with sophisticated immune evasive and suppressive ploys. In this review, we discuss our work on devising vectors based on a recombinant polio:rhinovirus chimera for effectively targeting and engaging DCs. We are juxtaposing this approach with commonly used, recently studied dsDNA virus vector platforms.