title: Adjuvants and delivery systems for antifungal vaccines: current state and future developments.
abstract: Mycoses are gaining increasing attention in modern medicine because of the increase in diseases associated with opportunistic fungal infections. Despite the recognized role of the immune system in the control of fungal infections, no antifungal vaccines are currently licensed for use in humans. However, numerous vaccine candidates are being developed in many laboratories, as proof of the renewed interest in integrating or replacing chemotherapy with vaccines to reduce antibiotic use and consequently limit drug resistance and toxicity. In the effort to use safer and simpler fungal antigens for vaccinations, adjuvants have become relevant as immunostimulators to elicit successful protective immune responses. To address the relevant role of adjuvants as determinants in the balance of vaccine efficacy and safety, an updated and critical review of the adjuvants used in preclinical antifungal vaccines is presented, and prospective trends are addressed. Selected recent papers and other historically relevant and innovative strategies using adjuvants in experimental fungal vaccines are highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio Mesquita Filho (UNESP), Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas Departamento de Análises Clínicas Rua Expedicionários doBrasil, Araraquara SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Deivys Leandro F
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Portuondo
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio Mesquita Filho (UNESP), Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas Departamento de Análises Clínicas Rua Expedicionários doBrasil, Araraquara SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lucas S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio Mesquita Filho (UNESP), Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas Departamento de Análises Clínicas Rua Expedicionários doBrasil, Araraquara SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Urbaczek
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio Mesquita Filho (UNESP), Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas Departamento de Análises Clínicas Rua Expedicionários doBrasil, Araraquara SP, Brazil Immunotoxicology Laboratory, Toxicology and Biomedicine Center, Medical Science University, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba Programa Professor Visitante do Exterior (PVE-CAPES) Program.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Batista-Duharte
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio Mesquita Filho (UNESP), Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas Departamento de Análises Clínicas Rua Expedicionários doBrasil, Araraquara SP, Brazil carlosiz@fcfar.unesp.br.
authors.forename: Iracilda Z
authors.initials: IZ
authors.lastname: Carlos
mesh_terms: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D055808:Drug Discovery / Q000639:trends; D005657:Fungal Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D009181:Mycoses / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D005657:Fungal Vaccines
keywords: adjuvant; antifungal vaccine; efficacy; toxicity