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Recent Patents on Inflammation & Allergy Drug Discovery

Editor-in-Chief

ISSN (Print): 1872-213X
ISSN (Online): 2212-2710

New Developments in Oral Vaccines and Mucosal Adjuvants

Author(s): Jose L. Subiza, David El-Qutob and Enrique Fernandez-Caldas

Volume 9, Issue 1, 2015

Page: [4 - 15] Pages: 12

DOI: 10.2174/1872213X09666150211122313

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Abstract

Mucosal immunity is the first line of defence of the organism against several pathogens and, at the same time, it is of critical importance in allergic diseases. Oral vaccines have been developed with the aim of enhancing the immune response to pathogens and for the treatment of allergic diseases. One of the major issues concerning oral vaccines is the use of oral adjuvants which could facilitate antigen presentation with the consequent induction of an effective immune response. The present review consists of an analysis, point by point, of the different patents that have been presented in the last 12 months in the different agencies: European (EP), US, and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and a general analysis of the future developments and trends in this emerging area.

Keywords: Adjuvant, allergic diseases, immunoglobulin, mucosa, mucosal immunity, oral vaccines.


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