Adjuvants in the Driver’s Seat: How Magnitude, Type, Fine Specificity and Longevity of Immune Responses Are Driven by Distinct Classes of Immune Potentiators

The mechanism by which vaccine adjuvants enhance immune responses has historically been considered to be the creation of an antigen depot. From here, the antigen is slowly released and provided to immune cells over an extended period of time. This “depot” was formed by associating the antigen with s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Elke S. Bergmann-Leitner, Wolfgang W. Leitner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-04-01
Series:Vaccines
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/2/2/252