Nanotechnology for the modulation of the immune response in HIV and cancer

Nanotechnologies with the ability to modulate the immune system can be exploited to develop new advanced therapies. The first part of this thesis describes a potential HIV vaccine candidate consisting of nanoparticles loaded with up to three peptide antigens. Based on the good responses in terms of...

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Autor: Gómez Dacoba, Tamara
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Repositorio:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/23326
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23326
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Materias::Investigación::32 Ciencias médicas::3209 Farmacología::320908 Preparación de medicamentos
Materias::Investigación::24 Ciencias de la vida::2412 Inmunología::241210 Vacunas
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Sumario:Nanotechnologies with the ability to modulate the immune system can be exploited to develop new advanced therapies. The first part of this thesis describes a potential HIV vaccine candidate consisting of nanoparticles loaded with up to three peptide antigens. Based on the good responses in terms of protection against viral infection in macaques, the quality-by-design and scaling-up production of this vaccine candidate was performed. Finally, in the context of cancer, a potential immunotherapy with the capacity to polarize tumor-associated macrophages towards anti-tumoral phenotypes was developed.