Physical and chemical advances of synthetic delivery vehicles to enhance mRNA vaccine efficacy.

The successful translation of mRNA vaccines slows down the spread of viral infectious diseases, which may be accomplished by developing novel chemically modified nucleotides (or nucleosides) and highly efficient, safe mRNA delivery vehicles. Delivery vehicles protect vulnerable antigen mRNA and increase the uptake of mRNA into antigen-presenting cells in the peripheral tissue or lymph nodes. This review introduces essential characteristics of mRNA vaccines (e.g., particle sizes, colloidal stability, surface charges/endosomal escape ability, and ligand conjugation) that may be used to generate high immune responses against foreign antigens. The significance and mechanism of each characteristic are described based on the results obtained from in vitro and in vivo studies. We also discuss the development of next generation delivery vehicles for future mRNA vaccines. Copyright © 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Hyun Jin Kim, Su Kyoung Seo, Ha Yeon Park. Physical and chemical advances of synthetic delivery vehicles to enhance mRNA vaccine efficacy. Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society. 2022 May;345:405-416

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PMID: 35314261

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