title: Targeting TLR2 for vaccine development.
abstract: Novel and more effective immunization strategies against many animal diseases may profit from the current knowledge on the modulation of specific immunity through stimulation of innate immune receptors. Toll-like receptor (TLR)2-targeting formulations, such as synthetic lipopeptides and antigens expressed in fusion with lipoproteins, have been shown to have built-in adjuvant properties and to be effective at inducing cellular and humoral immune mechanisms in different animal species. However, contradictory data has arisen concerning the profile of the immune response elicited. The benefits of targeting TLR2 for vaccine development are thus still debatable and more studies are needed to rationally explore its characteristics. Here, we resume the main features of TLR2 and TLR2-induced immune responses, focusing on what has been reported for veterinary animals.
authors: Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal (CIISA), Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisboa, Portugal.
authors: Afonso P
authors: 0000-0002-4651-1338
authors: AP
authors: Basto
authors: Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal (CIISA), Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisboa, Portugal ; Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, CVZ, FMV, Avenida da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisboa, Portugal.
authors: Alexandre
authors: 0000-0002-8398-6754
authors: A
authors: Leitão
mesh_terms: D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D056747:Immunomodulation; D008024:Ligands; D055666:Lipopeptides / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000276:immunology; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D051195:Toll-Like Receptor 2 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D014612:Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D022223:Vaccines, Subunit / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D055666:Lipopeptides; D008074:Lipoproteins; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D051195:Toll-Like Receptor 2; D014612:Vaccines; D022223:Vaccines, Subunit