Induction of an epitope-specific humoral immune response by lipopeptide-hapten conjugates: Enhancement of the anti-melittin response by a synthetic T helper (T(h))-cell epitope

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 225-234

  Hoffmann, Petra ^a   Loleit, Manuel ^a   Mittenbühler, Klaus ^a   Beck, Werner ^b   Wiesmüller, Karl Heinz ^b   Jung, Günther ^b   Bessler, Wolfgang G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

adjuvant T helper cell epitopes; immune stimulation; lipopeptide adjuvants; synthetic vaccines; vaccine design

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; LIPOPEPTIDE; MELITTIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HELPER CELL; IMMUNIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; EPITOPES; HAPTENS; MELITTEN; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 0031127893     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(97)00010-2     Document Type: Article

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