Review Article

A Review of Intra- and Extracellular Antigen Delivery Systems for Virus Vaccines of Finfish

Table 8

Comparison of the intra- and extracellular antigen processing parameters.

ParametersIntracellular antigen delivery Extracellular antigen delivery

Vaccine types
 Viability of antigensMostly replicativeNonreplicative
 Examples of vaccine typesLive and DNA vaccinesIWV vaccines, subunit vaccines
Antigen uptake and presentation
 Pathway of uptake into host cellsEndogenous pathwayExogenous pathway
 Antigen uptake and processingPenetration of host cell membranePhagocytosis by APCs
 Site of antigen depositionCytoplasmEndosome/phagosome
 Antigen presenting moleculesMHC-I and MHC-IIMHC-II
 Mode of antigen processingProteosomal degradationEndosomal degradation
Adaptive immunity
 Type of immune response inducedCellular and humoral immune responsesHumoral immune responses
 Cell types involvedB- and T-lymphocytesB-lymphocytes
 T-cell subtypesCD4 and CD8 T-cellsCD4 T-cells
 Effector molecules/cellsCTL (cellular) and antibodies (humoral)Antibodies
 Effector mechanismsCTL killing of virus infected cellsAntibody-neutralization of virus
Antibody-neutralization of virus