title: [Progress in virus-like particles technique studies].
abstract: Virus-like particles (VLPs) structurally mimic the authentic virus whereas contain no viral genome. VLPs technique plays an important role in basic research such as virus assembly and virus morphology diversity. With special immunology properties, VLPs vaccine can induce immune response effectively. VLPs can act as adjuvant by regulating dendritic cells. Other adjuvant or polypeptide can be integrated into VLPs to construct chimeric vaccines. With the capability of packaging nucleic acid or other small molecules, VLPs can be used for vehicles to deliver these substances under suitable conditions. VLPs can substitute natural virus in immunology assay.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Genetic Engineering, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100052, China.
authors.forename: Jian-Qiang
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Zhi-Qing
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D014771:Virion / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D014773:Virology / Q000379:methods*; D019065:Virus Assembly; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000821:virology; D018406:Virus Physiological Phenomena; D014780:Viruses / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D014765:Viral Vaccines