How do adjuvants enhance immune responses?

Elife. 2024 Aug 13:13:e101259. doi: 10.7554/eLife.101259.

Abstract

By altering which peptide antigens are presented to CD4+ T cells, adjuvants affect the specificity of the immune response.

Keywords: T cell; adjuvants; immunization; immunology; infectious disease; inflammation; microbiology; mouse; vaccine.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic* / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Antigen Presentation / immunology
  • CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes* / immunology
  • Humans

Substances

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic