Research Article

Vaxjo: A Web-Based Vaccine Adjuvant Database and Its Application for Analysis of Vaccine Adjuvants and Their Uses in Vaccine Development

Table 1

Curated vaccine adjuvants used in at least five vaccines curated in VIOLIN.

Adjuvant type (number of adjuvants)Adjuvants with >5 vaccines in VIOLINNumber of vaccines

Mineral salts (13)154
Alhydrogel13
Aluminum hydroxide vaccine adjuvant62
Aluminum phosphate vaccine adjuvant50
Aluminum potassium sulfate adjuvant6
Aluminum vaccine adjuvant*14
Emulsions (15)118
Freund’s complete adjuvant42
Freund’s incomplete adjuvant42
Montanide ISA 720 adjuvant6
Ribi vaccine adjuvant11
Microorganism-derived (18)73
Cholera toxin17
Cholera toxin B subunit6
CpG DNA vaccine adjuvant12
LTR192G vaccine adjuvant6
MPL adjuvant10
Synthetic adjuvant (28)28
Cytokines as adjuvants (9)20
IL-12 vaccine adjuvant9
Tensoactive compounds (5)12
Quil-A vaccine adjuvant5
Combination vaccine adjuvants (6)9
Particulate antigen delivery systems (9)11
Carbohydrates (2)1

Note: *shows those aluminum vaccine adjuvants that were used but without more specific details (e.g., using aluminum hydroxide).