Hepatitis B core-based virus-like particles: A platform for vaccine development in plants.

ABSTRACT: Virus-like particles (VLPs) are a class of structures formed by the self-assembly of viral capsid protein subunits and contain no infective viral genetic material. The Hepatitis B core (HBc) antigen is capable of assembling into VLPs that can elicit strong immune responses and has been licensed as a commercial vaccine against Hepatitis B. The HBc VLPs have also been employed as a platform for the presentation of foreign epitopes to the immune system and have been used to develop vaccines against, for example, influenza A and Foot-and-mouth disease. Plant expression systems are rapid, scalable and safe, and are capable of providing correct post-translational modifications and reducing upstream production costs. The production of HBc-based virus-like particles in plants would thus greatly in

SUBMITTER: Moradi Vahdat M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7937989 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature