University Chemistry ›› 2022, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (3): 2201049.doi: 10.3866/PKU.DXHX202201049

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Design and Application of Inorganic Nanoadjuvant in Immunostimulation of Human Coronavirus Vaccine

Susu Gao1,3, Xin Wang1,3, Yaling Wang1,2,3, Chunying Chen1,2,3,*()   

  1. 1 National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, China
    2 The GBA National Institute for Nanotechnology Innovation, Guangzhou 510700, China
    3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2022-01-23 Accepted:2022-02-08 Published:2022-02-28
  • Contact: Chunying Chen E-mail:chenchy@nanoctr.cn

Abstract:

In recent years, the emergence and spread of human coronavirus has brought serious crises and great challenges to the global public health system. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop a broad-spectrum vaccine against coronavirus. Vaccine has two functions: antigen delivery and immune regulation. In most cases, the pure antigen cannot induce robust immune response to fight against infections. Vaccine adjuvant is an exogenous immunostimulatory added to vaccine and is a critical part in immunity shaping and antigen delivery. With the increasing knowledge of metalloimmunology, in addition to traditional aluminum-contained vaccine adjuvant, other kinds of inorganic adjuvants have attracted much attention for their unique immunological characteristics. Herein, several typical inorganic nanoparticles and their applications in coronavirus vaccines are introduced. The review aims to provide ideas for the development of personalized vaccines and new inorganic nanoadjuvants in the future.

Key words: Inorganic nanoadjuvant, Coronavirus, Vaccine