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Oral Vaccine Delivery: The Coming Age of Particulate Vaccines to Elicit Mucosal Immunity

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With the evolution of different challenging diseases, there is an urgent need of vaccine development against them to save millions of lives around the world. Particlulate delivery system plays an important role by acting as self-adjuvant in form of particles and thus assisting the immunogenicity of vaccines. Particulate vaccines have shown to have improved uptake by antigen presenting cells as compared to the soluble antigen. Traditional injectable vaccines are generally poor inducers of mucosal immunity and are therefore less effective against infections at the mucosal site. Mucosal vaccines have been reported to provide additional secretory antibody mediated protection at the mucosal site of entry of the pathogen. In this chapter, we discuss the benefits of particulate drug delivery systems for oral delivery, the role of immune system in the gut, and a case study ofa novel particulate vaccine formulated into oral dissolving film for immunization via the buccal route. Key formulation components, process parameters and their biophysical characterizations have been discussed as well.

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Abbreviations

APCs:

Antigen-Presenting Cells

BBB:

Blood-Brain Barrier

BSA:

Bovine Serum Albumin

DCs:

Dendritic Cells

EPR:

Enhanced Permeability and Retention

GALT:

Gut Associated Lymphoid Tissue

IFNϒ:

Interferon Gamma

IL:

Interleukin

MHC:

Major Histocompatibility Complex

MLNs:

Mesenteric Lymph Nodes

MALT:

Mucosal Associate Lymphoid Tissues

MIS:

Mucosal Immune System

NALT:

Nasopharynx-Associated Lymphoid Tissue

ODF:

Oral Dissolving Film

PPs:

Peyer’s Patches

PLGA:

Poly(lLactic-cCo-gGlycolic aAcid)

RVG:

Rabies Virus Glycoprotein

TLRs:

Toll-Like Receptors

Th1:

Type 1 Helper T Cells

Th2:

Type 2 Helper T Cells

VLPs:

Virus-Like Particles

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Gala, R.P. et al. (2020). Oral Vaccine Delivery: The Coming Age of Particulate Vaccines to Elicit Mucosal Immunity. In: Muttil, P., Kunda, N. (eds) Mucosal Delivery of Drugs and Biologics in Nanoparticles. AAPS Advances in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Series, vol 41. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35910-2_7

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