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- Title
Nanotechnology-Enabled COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines.
- Authors
Yu Gao; Kaiyun Yang; Shelling, Andrew N.; Zimei Wu
- Abstract
Definition: COVID-19 mRNA vaccines contain synthetic mRNA sequences encoded for the Spike proteins expressed on the surface of SARS-CoV-2, and utilize the host cells to produce specific antigens that stimulate both humoral and cellular immunities. Lipid nanoparticles are essential to facilitate the intracellular delivery of the mRNA to its action site, the ribosome, to fully exert its effect.
- Subjects
VIRAL vaccines; MESSENGER RNA; CORONAVIRUS diseases; DRUG delivery systems; ENDOSOMES; NANOTECHNOLOGY
- Publication
Encyclopedia, 2021, Vol 1, Issue 3, p773
- ISSN
2673-8392
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/encyclopedia1030059