Natural HPV immunity and vaccination strategies

Peter L. Stern, Michael Brown, Simon N. Stacey, Henry C. Kitchener, Ian Hampson, El Said Abdel-Hady, Jim V. Moore

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    Abstract

    Background: the task of preventing premature death in women may be delivered by vaccinating against the high-risk papillomaviruses associated with various malignancies. Objectives: we will discuss the immune mechanisms likely to be relevant to the control of an HPV infection in the cervix and assess the limited evidence for such immune recognition in the natural history of infection. Conclusion: the next generation of vaccination strategies should include the use of HPV 16 early (E2 and/or E6 and/or E7) and late gene targets (L1 and L2) expressed as VLPs with their clinical and immunological evaluation aimed at therapy as well as prophylaxis. Important clinical efficacy assessment may be deliverable in relatively short-term studies by targeting patients with HPV 16 associated vulval intraepithelial neoplasia. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)57-66
    Number of pages9
    JournalJournal of Clinical Virology
    Volume19
    Issue number1-2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2000

    Keywords

    • Human papillomavirus (HPV)
    • Prophylaxis and therapy
    • Vaccines
    • Vulval intraepithelial neoplasia

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