ADITEC’s Scientific and Socio-Economic Impact Report
Thomson Reuters Impact Report Published
The ADITEC Scientific and Socio-Economic Impact Report by Thomson Reuters, first presented at the European Parliament (click here for the Press Release) and during the H2020 Health Program Committee (Brussels February 16th), has been published and is available here.
Development of novel immunisation technologies, adjuvants, vectors and delivery systems, formulations and vaccination methods optimised for different age groups, 219 scientific publications, 12 clinical trials, training to over 190 PhD and PostDocs, all realised in less than six years: these are just some of the results of ADITEC, that has established a new model for vaccine research, based on a strong synergy between private and public institutions that has proved to be most effective.
Key ADITEC Achievements and their Impact
Research Topic, dedicated to the ADITEC project and its successes, to be published in Frontiers in Immunology
The Research Topic “Advanced Immunization Technologies for Next Generation Vaccines”, highlighting the advances made by the ADITEC project in the development of advanced immunization technologies and in the study of human vaccine immune responses through the latest generation methodologies will to be published in Frontiers in Immunology, Section Vaccines and Molecular Therapeutics.
Deadline for the submission of articles is September 15, 2017
The Research Topic and the e-book will be sponsored by the ADITEC project that will cover the publication costs.
More information on the special issue and how to submit an article can be found here.
A new course ‘Advanced Course in Flow Cytometry applied to Vaccinology’ will be organized in Siena in September 2017
ADITEC is pleased to announce the Training Course on “Advanced Course in Flow Cytometry Applied to Vaccinology” that will be held in Siena on from 11 to 14 September 2017.
Participants’ course registration fees and hotel accommodation will be covered by the ADITEC project.
Deadline for submission of applications 5th June 2017. More information can be found here.
ADITEC’s final meeting in Siena
The next ADITEC Annual Meeting will be held in Siena on 18th – 20th September 2017. This three day event will be attended by over one hundred participants from the 42 ADITEC partner institutions which include some of the most competitive European research groups from universities, research institutions and biotech companies together with top US groups. The meeting will focus on the final year’s project accomplishments and it is a great opportunity to fully see the global effort ADITEC has made during its project cycle.
Dr. Rino Rappuoli (GSK) awarded the 2017 Canada Gairdner Award
Recognizing some of the most significant medical discoveries from around the world, The Gairdner Foundation has awarded Dr. Rino Rappuoli, Chief Scientist and Head External R&D at GSK Vaccines, Siena, Italy, with the 2017 Canada Gairdner Award.
One of seven laureates to receive the award, Dr. Rappuoli was honored for pioneering the genomic approach, known as reverse vaccinology, used to develop a vaccine against meningococcus B which has already saved many lives worldwide. In the process of reverse vaccinology the entire genomic sequence of a pathogen is screened using bioinformatics tools to help determine which genes code for which proteins, against which vaccines can be developed.
His work on reverse vaccinology led to the licensure of the first meningococcus B vaccine approved in Europe and Canada in 2013 and USA in 2015. The vaccine against men B is now approved in more than 35 countries with more than 10 million doses distributed from Italy around the world.
Jan Holmgren (University of Gothenburg) has received the 2017 Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal Award
ADITEC is pleased to announce that the 2017 Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal award has been awarded to Dr. Jan Holmgren for his pioneering contributions to oral vaccine research and mucosal immunology, as well as his leadership in the discovery of the world’s first effective oral cholera vaccine, definition of basic mucosal immune regulation and modulation pathways, and elucidation of fundamental mechanisms of enteric infection pathogenesis and immunity.
ADITEC Comparative System Analyses on Molecular Signatures of Clinically testes Vaccine Adjuvants published in Nature Scientific reports
The first report on comparative systems biology analysis of these four adjuvants was produced. The results of whole genome transcriptional analysis unrevealed common and unique molecular pathways and cellular responses induced by the different human adjuvants that could inform rational vaccine design.
This is the first extensive attempt to categorize clinical-grade adjuvants based on their immune profiles, protective efficacy and systems biology analysis to inform a rational development of next generation vaccines for human use.Data are published in Olafsdottir T, et al. Nature Sci. Rep. 2016.
Recent Publications
This is the list of recent publications related to the ADITEC project:
Majlessi L., Sayes F., Bureau J-F, Pawlik A, Michel V, Jouvion G., ,Huerre M., Severgnini M., Consolandi C., Peano C., Brosch R., Touati E., Leclerc C. Colonization with Helicobacter is concomitant with modified gut microbiota and drastic failure of the immune control of Mycobacterium Tuburculosis. Mucosal Immunology (2017) doi:10.1038/mi.2016.140
Pangrazzi L, Meryk A, Naismith E, Koziel R, Lair J, Krismer M, Trieb K, Grubeck-Loebenstien B. “Inflamm-aging” influences immune cell survival factors in human bone marrow. European Journal of Immunology. (2017) doi: 10.1002/eji.201646570
Tornack J, Reece S, Bauer W, Vogelzang A, Bandermann S, Zedler U, Sting G, Kaufmann S, Melchers F. Human and Mouse Hematopoietic Stem Cells Are a Depot for Dormant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Plos One (2017) doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169119
Anselmo A, Riva F, Gentile S, Soldani et al. Expression and function of IL-1R8 (TIR8/SIGIRR): a regulatory member of the IL-1 receptor family in platelets. Cardiovascular Research. (2016);111(4):373-84. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvw162
Badamchi-Zadeh A, McKay PF, Korber BT, et al. A Multi-component prime-Boost vaccination regimen with a consensus MOMP antigen enhances Chlamydia trachomatis clearance. Frontiers in Immunology (2016); 7: doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2016.00162
Barocchi M A., Black S., Rappuoli R. Multicriteria decision analysis and core values for enhancing vaccine-related decision-making. Science Translational Medicine (2016) June doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaf0756
Billeskov R, Tan EV, Cang M, Abalos RM, Burgos J, Pedersen BV, Christensen D, Agger EM, Andersen P. Testing the H56 vaccine delivered in 4 different adjuvants as a BCG-Booster in a non-human primate model of Tuberculosis. PLoS One. (2016) Aug; 11(8) doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161217
Boer, MC; van Meijgaarden, KE; Goletti, D; Vanini, V; Prins, C; Ottenhoff, THM; Joosten, SA. KLRG1 and PD-1 expression are increased on T-cells following tuberculosis-treatment and identify cells with different proliferative capacities in BCG-vaccinated adults. Tuberculosis (2016) doi: 10.1016/j.tube.2015.11.008
Bonacina F, Barbieri SS, Cutuli L, Amadio P, Doni A, Sironi M, Tartari S, Mantovani A, Bottazzi B, Garlanda C, Tremoli E, Catapano AL, Norata GD. Vascular pentraxin 3 controls arterial thrombosis by targeting collagen and fibrinogen induced platelets aggregation. Biochim Biophys Acta. Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids (2016), 1862:1182-90. doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2016.03.007
Bottazzi B, Inforzato A, Messa M, Barbagallo M, Magrini E, Garlanda C, Mantovani A. The pentraxins PTX3 and SAP in innate immunity, regulation of inflammation and tissue remodelling. Journal of Hepatology. (2016), 64:1416-1427. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2016.02.029
Dey A, Molodecky NA, Verma H, Sharma P, Yang JS, Saletti G, Ahmad M, Bahl SK, Wierzba TF, Nandy RK, Deshpande JM, Sutter RW, Czerkinsky C. Human circulating antibody-producing B cell as a predictive measure of mucosal immunity to Poliovirus. PLoS One. (2016) 11(1):e0146010; doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146010
Gengenbacher M., Nieuwenhuizen N., Vogelzang A., Liu H., Kaiser P., Schuerer S., Lazar D., Wagner I., Mollenkopf H., Kaufmann S. Deletion of nuoG from the vaccine candidate Mycobacterium bovis BCG _ureC::hly improves protection against Tuberculosis. American Society for Microbiology (2016) May doi: 10.1128/mBio.00679-1624
Grasse M, Meryk A, Schirmer M, Grubeck-Loebenstein B, Weinberger B. Booster vaccination against tetanus and diphtheria: insufficient protection against diphtheria in young and elderly adults Immunity and Ageing. (2016);13(1):26. doi: 10.1186/s12979-016-0081-0
Gutjahr A, Tiraby G, Perouzel E, Verrier B, Paul S. Triggering intracellular receptors for vaccine adjuvantation. Trends in Immunology. (2016);37(9):573-87. doi: 10.1016/j.it.2016.07.001
Huber A, Kallerup RS, Korsholm KS, Franzyk H, Lepenies B, Christensen D, Foged C, Lang R. Trehalose diester glycolipids are superior to the monoesters in binding to Mincle, activation of macrophages in vitro and adjuvant activity in vivo. Innate Immunology. (2016) (6):405-18. doi: 10.1177/1753425916651132. Epub 2016 Jun 1
Jaillon S, Ponzetta A, Magrini E, Barajon I, Barbagallo M, Garlanda C, Mantovani A. Fluid phase recognition molecules in neutrophil-dependent immune responses. Seminars in Immunology. (2016), 28:109-118. doi: 10.1016/j.smim.2016.03.005
Jenum, S; Bakken, R; Dhanasekaran, S; Mukherjee, A; Lodha, R; Singh, S; Singh, V; Haks, MC; Ottenhoff, THM; Kabra, SK; Doherty, TM; Ritz, C; Grewal, HMS. BLR1 and FCGR1A transcripts in peripheral blood associate with the extent of intrathoracic tuberculosis in children and predict treatment outcome. Scientific Reports (2016)
Joosten S., van Meijgaarden K., del Nonno F., Baiocchini A., Petrone L., Vanini V., Smits H., Palmieri F., Goletti D., Ottenhoff T HM. Patients with Tuberculosis have a dysfunctional circulating B-cell compartment, which normalizes following successful treatment. Plos Pathogens , (2016), doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat. 1005687
Jukes JP et al. Non-glycosidic compounds can stimulate both human and mouse iNKT cells. European Journal of Immunology, (2016) doi: 10.1002/eji.2015461144
Kaufmann, SHE, EFIS lecture. Immune response to tuberculosis: How to control the most successful pathogen on earth. Immunology letters (2016) doi: 10.1016/j.imlet.2016.05.006
Kaufmann S., Fortune S., Pepponi I., Ruhwald M., Schrager L., Ottenhoff. T., TB Biomarkers, TB correlates and human challenge models: New tools for improving assessment of new TB vaccines. Tuberculosis (2016)
Kaufmann S, Weiner J, Reyn CF, Novel approaches to TB vaccine development, International Journal of Infectious Diseases (2016) dx.doi.org/101016/j.ijid.2016.10.018
Knudsen N, Olsen A, Buonsanti C, Follmann F, Zhang Y, Coler R, Fox C, Meinke A, D´Oro U, Casini D, Bonci A, Billeskov R, De Gregorio E, Rappuoli R, Harandi A, Andersen P & Agger E. Different human vaccine adjuvants promote distinct antigen-independent immunological signatures tailored to different pathogens. Nature Scientific Reports (2016); doi:10.1038/srep19570
Kupz A-, Zedler U., Staber M., Kaufmann S., A mouse model of latent Tuberculosis infection to study intervention strategies to prevent reactiviaton. Plos one. (2016) doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155348
Lambert L., Ekaterina K., McDonald J., Grødeland G., Bogen B., Stubsrud E., Lindeberg M., Brunsvik Fredriksen A., Tregoning J. Section immunotherapies and vaccines article type: original research Title: DNA vaccines encoding antigen targeted to MHC class II induce influenza specific CD8+ T cell responses, enabling faster resolution of influenza disease. Frontiers in Immunology. (2016) Aug. doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2016.00321
Laubreton D, Bay S, Sedlik C, Artaud C, Ganneau C, Dériaud E, Viel S, Puaux AL, Amigorena S, Gérard C, Lo-Man R, Leclerc C. The fully synthetic MAG-Tn3 therapeutic vaccine containing the tetanus toxoid-derived TT830-844 universal epitope provides anti-tumor immunity. Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy. (2016) February, doi: 10.1007/s00262-016-1802-0
Lebens, M; Terrinoni, M; Karlsson, SL; Larena, M; Gustafsson-Hedberg, T; Kallgard, S; Nygren, E; Holmgren, J. Construction and preclinical evaluation of mmCT, a novel mutant cholera toxin adjuvant that can be efficiently produced in genetically manipulated Vibrio cholera. Vaccine (2016) doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.03.002
Legaz S, Exposito JY, Lethias C, Viginier B, Terzian C, Verrier B.Evaluation of polylactic acid nanoparticles safety using Drosophila model. Nanotoxicology. (2016) October (8): doi: 10.1080/17435390.2016.1181806
Muturi-Kioi V, Lewis D, Launay O, Leroux-Roels G, Anemona A, Loulergue P, Bodinham C, Aerssens A, Groth N, Saul A, Podda A. Neutropenia as an Adverse Event following Vaccination: Results from randomized clinical trials in healthy adults and systematic review Plos One (2016) August doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157385
Nakaya HI, Clutterbuck E, Kazmin D, Wang L, Cortese M, Bosinger SE, Patel NB, Zak DE, Aderem A, Dong T, Del Giudice G, Rappuoli R, Cerundolo V, Pollard AJ, Pulendran B, Siegrist CA. Systems biology of immunity to MF59-adjuvanted versus nonadjuvanted trivalent seasonal influenza vaccines in early childhood. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science U S A. (2016) Feb 113(7):1853-8
Pavot V, Climent N, Rochereau N, Garcia F, Genin C, Tiraby G, Vernejoul F, Perouzel E, Lioux T, Verrier B, Paul S Directing vaccine immune responses to mucosa by nanosized particulate carriers encapsulating NOD ligands.. Biomaterials. (2016) January doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2015.10.034
Perdomo C. Zedler U., kuhl A, Lozza L, Saikali P, Sander L, Vogelzang A, Kaufmann S, Kupz A. Mucosal BCG vaccination induces protective lung resident memory T cell populations against Tuberculosis. American Society for Microbiology (2016) November doi: 10.1128/mBio.01686-16
Pinti M, Appay V, Campisi J, Frasca D, Fülöp T, Sauce D, Larbi A, Weinberger B, Cossarizza A. Aging of the immune system – focus on inflammation and vaccination. European Journal of Immunology. (2016) Sep. doi: 10.1002/eji.201546178
Plateel, A.C.M., Mishto M., Textoris Taube, K., Keller, C., Liepe, J., Busch, D.H., Kloeztel, P.M., Sijts, E.J.A.M. 2016 CD8+ T cells of Listeria monocytogenes-infected mice recognize both linear and spliced proteasome products. European Journal of Immunology, (2016) March; 46(5):1109-18. doi: 10.1002/eji.201545989
Plateel, A.C.M., De Groot, A.M., Keller, C., Andersen, P., Ovaa, H., Kloetzel, P.M., Mishto, M., Sijts, E.J.A.M. 2016. Strategies to enhance immunogenicity of cDNA vaccine encoded antigens by modulation of antigen processing. Vaccine, (2016) Sep;34(42):5132-40. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.08.03
Proudfoot A., and Uguccioni M. Modulation of chemokine responses: synergy and cooperativity. Frontiers in Immunology (2016) May | http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2016.00183
Salabert, N; Todorova, B; Martinon, F; Boisgard, R; Zurawski, G; Zurawski, S; Dereuddre-Bosquet, N; Cosma, A; Kortulewski, T; Banchereau, J; Levy, Y; Le Grand, R; Chapon, C. Intradermal injection of an anti-Langerin-HIVGag fusion vaccine targets epidermal Langerhans cells in nonhuman primates and can be tracked in vivo. European Journal of Immunology (2016) doi: 10.1002/eji.201545465
Schmidt, ST; Khadke, S; Korsholm, KS; Perrie, Y; Rades, T; Andersen, P; Foged, C; Christensen, D, The administration route is decisive for the ability of the vaccine adjuvant CAF09 to induce antigen-specific CD8(+) T-cell responses: The immunological consequences of the biodistribution profile. Journal of Controlled Release (2016) doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2016.08.034
Sinha, A; Dey, A; Saletti, G; Samanta, P; Chakraborty, PS; Bhattacharya, MK; Ghosh, S; Ramamurthy, T; Kim, JO; Yang, JS; Kim, DW; Czerkinsky, C; Nandy, RK. Circulating Gut-Homing (alpha(4)beta(+)(7)) Plasmablast Responses against Shigella Surface Protein Antigens among Hospitalized Patients with Diarrhea. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology (2016) doi: 10.1128/CVI.00205-16
Weiner J, Kaufmann S, High through put and computational approaches for diagnostic and prognostic host tuberculosis biomarkers. International Journal of Infectious Diseases (2016) October dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2016.10.017
Williams, EA; Lewis, DJM; Bertholet, S; Zazzi, M. Anticipating policy considerations for a future HIV vaccine: a preliminary study. Vaccine (2016) doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.03.086
Zimmermann, N; Thormann, V; Hu, B; Kohler, AB; Imai-Matsushima, A; Locht, C; Arnett, E; Schlesinger, LS; Zoller, T; Schurmann, M; Kaufmann, SHE; Wardemann, H, Human isotype-dependent inhibitory antibody responses against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. EMBO Molecular Medicine (2016) doi: 10.15252/emmm.201606330