Advances in vaccine adjuvants

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1075-1081

  Singh, Manmohan ^a   O'Hagan, Derek ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adjuvant; Mucosal delivery; Recombinant vaccine delivery; Vaccine targeting

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE; ALUMINUM SALT; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CHOLERA TOXIN; CYTOKINE; DNA VACCINE; FREUND ADJUVANT; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; IMMUNOSTIMULATING AGENT; ISCOM; LIPOSOME; N ACETYLMURAMYLALANYL DEXTRO ISOGLUTAMINYLALANYL DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHORYL LIPID A; POLOXAMER; QS 21; QUIL A; RECOMBINANT VACCINE; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VACCINE PRODUCTION;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; MICE; VACCINES, DNA;

EID: 0032738026     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/15058     Document Type: Review

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