B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal

Exosomes-based particles as inhalable COVID-19 vaccines




AuthorsFan Lu, Wang Li, Wang Xiaoju, Zhang Hongbo

PublisherPublishing services by Elsevier on behalf of KeAi Communications

Publication year2023

JournalBiomedical Technology

Journal name in sourceBiomedical Technology

Volume4

First page 24

Last page27

eISSN2949-723X

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmt.2023.01.003

Web address https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmt.2023.01.003

Self-archived copy’s web addresshttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/381243216


Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a severely spreading pandemic, has dramatically brought physiological and economical burdens to people. Although the injectable vaccines have some achievements for coronavirus defense, they still generate accompanied pain, untoward reaction and cannot take part in mucosal immunity. Inhalable vaccines, as a safe, facile and efficient strategy, have been presented to protect body from virus by inducing robust mucosal immunity. Here, we give a perspective of an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine composed of lung-derived exosomes (a type of virus-like particle) conjugated with viral receptor-binding domain. The lung-derived exosomes act as carriers, such inhalable particles successfully reach at lung and reveal wider distribution and longer retention on respiratory mucosa. In addition, such vaccines induce the high production of specific antibodies and T cells in lung, significantly protecting host against coronavirus invasion. It is conceived that inhalable virus-like particles with long-term stability wound open a new avenue for vaccines delivery and further achieve vaccine popularization to against with COVID-19 pandemic.


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