Multi-plasmid DNA vaccination avoids antigenic competition and enhances immunogenicity of a poorly immunogenic plasmid

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1225-1232

  Grifantini, Renata ^a   Finco, Oretta ^a   Bartolini, Erika ^a   Draghi, Monia ^a   Del Giudice, Giuseppe ^a   Kocken, Clemens ^b   Thomas, Alan ^b   Abrignani, Sergio ^a   Grandi, Guido ^a  

^a CHIRON VACCINES   (Italy)

^b BIOMEDICAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CpG motif; DNA immunization; Malaria; Plasmid combination

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; DNA VACCINE; MALARIA VACCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; THROMBOSPONDIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FORMULATION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; MALARIA; MEROZOITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZONT; SPOROZOITE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA; FEMALE; IMMUNITY; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PLASMIDS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0031960365     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199804)28:04<1225::AID-IMMU1225>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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