Aluminum adjuvants are compounds that contain small amounts of aluminum and are added to some vaccines to stimulate the immune system and increase antibody production, enhancing vaccine-induced protection.
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Purpose and mechanism of aluminum salts when used as vaccine adjuvants.
At least two different aluminum adjuvants are used in vaccines.
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Vaccine formulations may use more than one chemically distinct aluminum-based adjuvant.
Aluminum adjuvants in vaccines are aluminum salts, commonly aluminum hydroxide or aluminum phosphate.
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Composition of vaccine adjuvants
Aluminum-containing adjuvants enhance vaccine effectiveness by causing mild, short-lived local inflammation that recruits immune cells, which take up antigen and transport it to nearby lymph nodes where antigen presentation to the immune system is increased.
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Mechanism of action for aluminum-based vaccine adjuvants