The influence of DNA sequence on the immunostimulatory properties of plasmid DNA vectors

Human Gene Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1439-1447

  Wloch, Mary Kopke ^a,b   Pasquini, Susanna ^c   Ertl, Hildegund C J ^c   Pisetsky, David S ^a,b  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOPROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 2; PLASMID DNA; POLYANION; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR; VACCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLONING VECTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA SEQUENCE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; RABIES; SPLEEN CELL;

EID: 0032125838     PISSN: 10430342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/hum.1998.9.10-1439     Document Type: Article

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