Novel Approaches to Oral Vaccines: Delivery of Antigens by Edible Plants.

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Abstract

Advances in genetic engineering in the past decade have accelerated the expression, in plants, of foreign proteins with industrial and pharmaceutical value. Antigens from infectious bacterial or viral diseases have been introduced into plants through plant virus-mediated infection or Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated stable transformation methods. Oral immunization with transgenic plant tissues that contain vaccine antigen proteins stimulates both systemic and mucosal immune responses in animals. Plant-based vaccines can provide significant levels of protection against challenge by viral or bacterial pathogens.
Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)73-77
Number of pages5
JournalCurrent Infectious Disease Reports
Volume2
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1 2000

Disciplines

  • Biology
  • Virology

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