Immunization via hair follicles by topical application of naked DNA to normal skin

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 870-872

  Fan, Hongran ^b   Lin, Qun ^b   Morrissey, Georgiann R ^b   Khavari, Paul A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

DNA vaccine; Gene transfer; Hair follicle; Immunization; Skin

Indexed keywords

DNA VACCINE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; PLASMID VECTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; GENE TRANSFER; HAIR FOLLICLE; HEPATITIS B; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PLASMIDS; SKIN; VACCINES, DNA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032879349     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/12856     Document Type: Article

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