PMID- 22568905 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120827 LR - 20220309 IS - 1557-7988 (Electronic) IS - 0076-6879 (Linking) VI - 509 DP - 2012 TI - Targeting nanoparticles to dendritic cells for immunotherapy. PG - 143-63 LID - 10.1016/B978-0-12-391858-1.00008-3 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are key players in the initiation of adaptive immune responses and are currently exploited in immunotherapy for treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Development of targeted nanodelivery systems carrying vaccine components, including antigens and adjuvants, to DCs in vivo represents a promising strategy to enhance immune responses. Delivering particulate vaccines specifically to DCs and preventing nonspecific uptake by other endocytotic cells are challenging. Size represents a critical parameter determining whether particulate vaccines can penetrate lymph nodes and reach resident DCs. Specific delivery is further enhanced by actively targeting DC-specific receptors. This chapter discusses the rationale for the use of particle-based vaccines and provides an overview of antigen-delivery vehicles currently under investigation. In addition, we discuss how vaccine delivery systems may be developed, focusing on liposomes, PLGA polymers, and gold nanoparticles, to obtain safe and efficacious vaccines. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Cruz, Luis J AU - Cruz LJ AD - Department of Tumor Immunology, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. FAU - Tacken, Paul J AU - Tacken PJ FAU - Rueda, Felix AU - Rueda F FAU - Domingo, Joan Carles AU - Domingo JC FAU - Albericio, Fernando AU - Albericio F FAU - Figdor, Carl G AU - Figdor CG LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - United States TA - Methods Enzymol JT - Methods in enzymology JID - 0212271 RN - 0 (Adjuvants, Immunologic) RN - 0 (Antibodies, Immobilized) RN - 0 (Antigens) RN - 0 (Immunoglobulin Fc Fragments) RN - 0 (Liposomes) RN - 0 (Nanocapsules) RN - 0 (Nanoconjugates) RN - 0 (Vaccines, Synthetic) RN - 1SIA8062RS (Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer) RN - 26009-03-0 (Polyglycolic Acid) RN - 33X04XA5AT (Lactic Acid) RN - 7440-57-5 (Gold) SB - IM MH - Adjuvants, Immunologic/chemistry MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Animals MH - Antibodies, Immobilized/chemistry MH - Antigens/chemistry/immunology MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology MH - Gold/chemistry MH - Humans MH - Immunoglobulin Fc Fragments/chemistry MH - Immunotherapy/*methods MH - Lactic Acid MH - Liposomes/chemistry MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Nanocapsules/*chemistry MH - Nanoconjugates/chemistry MH - Polyglycolic Acid MH - Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer MH - Vaccines, Synthetic/chemistry EDAT- 2012/05/10 06:00 MHDA- 2012/08/28 06:00 CRDT- 2012/05/10 06:00 PHST- 2012/05/10 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/05/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/08/28 06:00 [medline] AID - B978-0-12-391858-1.00008-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/B978-0-12-391858-1.00008-3 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Methods Enzymol. 2012;509:143-63. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-391858-1.00008-3.