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Route of administration

In progress

Identify how the route of vaccination (e.g., intranasal, oral, sublingual, or other mucosal route) affects the magnitude of mucosal humoral and cellular immunity.

Progress Highlights

Zhang 2024 examined mechanistic differences between IM and IN delivery of a recombinant adenovirus carrying NP fused with a bifunctional CD40 ligand and found that CD40-targeted nasal delivery improved the magnitude and breadth of protection, including against lethal challenge with a newly isolated HPAI H5N1 strain.

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Künzli 2022 characterized the abundance, phenotype, and anatomic distribution of mRNA vaccine–elicited antigen-specific CD8 and CD4 memory T cells in a mouse model. Results showed that the routes of mRNA vaccination influenced humoral and cell-mediated immunity and intramuscular prime-boosting established lung TRM that can be further expanded by an additional intranasal immunization.

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Yu 2023 used a mouse model to compare the induction of lung tissue-resident CD8 T cells following vaccination via microneedle array, IM, and ID immunizations. Results indicated stronger lung CD8 T-cell responses against influenza viral infection via microneedle array than by ID or IM immunization.

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