Synergistic effect of formulated plasmid and needle-free injection for genetic vaccines

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 889-895

  Anwer, Khursheed ^a   Earle, Keith A ^a   Shi, Mei ^a   Wang, Jijun ^a   Mumper, Russell J ^a   Proctor, Belinda ^a   Jansa, Kimberly ^a   Ledebur, Harry C ^a   Davis, Stephen ^b   Eaglstein, William ^b   Rolland, Alain P ^a  

^a GeneMedicine Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

And needle free injection device; Genetic vaccines; Growth hormone; Immune response; Muscle; Polyvinylpyrrolidone

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INJECTION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DOGS; FEMALE; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INJECTIONS, JET; PLASMIDS; POLYMERS; POVIDONE; SWINE; VACCINATION; VACCINES, DNA;

EID: 0032982624     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018834305079     Document Type: Article

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