title: Prophylactic papillomavirus vaccines.
abstract: Human papillomaviruses (HPV) are the causative agents of cervical cancer, the third most common cancer in women. The development of prophylactic HPV vaccines Gardasil® and Cervarix® targeting the major oncogenic HPV types is now the frontline of cervical cancer prevention. Both vaccines have been proven to be highly effective and safe although there are still open questions about their target population, cross-protection, and long-term efficacy. The main limitation for a worldwide implementation of Gardasil® and Cervarix® is their high cost. To develop more affordable vaccines research groups are concentrated in new formulations with different antigens including capsomeres, the minor capsid protein L2 and DNA. In this article we describe the vaccines' impact on HPV-associated disease, the main open questions about the marketed vaccines, and current efforts for the development of second-generation vaccines.
authors.affiliation: German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Lis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ribeiro-Müller
authors.affiliation: German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany; DKFZ ATV F035, Im Neuenheimer Feld 242, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. Electronic address: martin.mueller@dkfz.de.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Müller
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D056738:Cross Protection; D055808:Drug Discovery; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D000068857:Human Papillomavirus Recombinant Vaccine Quadrivalent, Types 6, 11, 16, 18; D006801:Humans; D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral / Q000276:immunology*; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000378:metabolism*; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000235:genetics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019444:Vaccines, DNA; D058425:Vaccines, Virus-Like Particle; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D036022:Capsid Proteins; C114580:HPV L1 protein, Human papillomavirus; D000068857:Human Papillomavirus Recombinant Vaccine Quadrivalent, Types 6, 11, 16, 18; D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral; D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines; D019444:Vaccines, DNA; D058425:Vaccines, Virus-Like Particle; D014764:Viral Proteins; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins; C510352:human papillomavirus vaccine, L1 type 16, 18