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Murabutide

Vaxjo ID 475       
Vaccine Adjuvant Name Murabutide       
Adjuvant VO ID VO_0005752
Description synthetic derivative of muramyl dipeptide (MDP) that induces Th1 response       
Stage of Development Clinical Trial       
Location Licensed USA       
Host Species for Testing Mouse       
Components bacterial cell wall peptidoglycan component that is recognized by NOD2 receptors       
Function Type: peptide vaccine adjuvant. Target Receptor: nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein 2 (NOD2). Induces Th1-biased immune profile. recognition by NOD2 receptors       
Safety less pyrogenic and toxic than MDP, causes little to no inflammation       
References
Feinen et al., 2014: Feinen B, Petrovsky N, Verma A, Merkel TJ. Advax-adjuvanted recombinant protective antigen provides protection against inhalational anthrax that is further enhanced by addition of murabutide adjuvant. Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI. 2014; 21(4); 580-586. [PubMed: 24554695].
Telzak et al., 1986: Telzak E, Wolff SM, Dinarello CA, Conlon T, el Kholy A, Bahr GM, Choay JP, Morin A, Chedid L. Clinical evaluation of the immunoadjuvant murabutide, a derivative of MDP, administered with a tetanus toxoid vaccine. The Journal of infectious diseases. 1986; 153(3); 628-633. [PubMed: 3950444].