The handle
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/74049
holds various files of this Leiden University
dissertation.
Author: Schipper, P.
Towards Controlled
Microneedle-Mediated
Intradermal Immunization
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Towards Controlled
Microneedle-Mediated
Intradermal Immunization
PROEFSCHRIFT
ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden, op gezag van Rector Magnificus Prof. Mr. C.J.J.M. Stolker,
volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties te verdedigen op donderdag 20 juni 2019
klokke 13.45 uur
door
Pim Schipper
Geboren op 22 december 1985TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 9
General introduction Aim and outline of this thesis Chapter 2
Determination of depth-dependent intradermal immunogenicity of adjuvanted inactivated polio vaccine delivered by microinjections via hollow microneedles
27
Chapter 3
Antigen uptake by skin dendritic cells as function of antigen dose and intradermal injection depth
53
Chapter 4
Repeated fractional intradermal dosing of an inactivated polio vaccine by a single hollow microneedle leads to superior immune responses
83
Chapter 5
Diphtheria toxoid and N-trimethyl chitosan layer-by-layer coated pH-sensitive microneedles induce potent immune responses upon dermal vaccination in mice
105
Chapter 6
Chemical modifications of gold surfaces with basic groups and a fluorescent nanoparticle adhesion assay to determine their surface pKa