Genetic vaccination: The advantages of going naked

Nature Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 857-859

  Kumar, Vipin ^a   Sercarz, Eli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; DNA; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; AUTOIMMUNITY; ETIOLOGY; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; MOUSE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THERAPY; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; DNA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINES;

EID: 0029819563     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0896-857     Document Type: Review

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