Activity and safety of DNA plasmids encoding IL-4 and IFN gamma

Gene Therapy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 237-244

  Ishii, K J ^a   Weiss, W R ^b   Ichino, M ^a   Verthelyi, D ^a   Klinman, D M ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Dna vaccine; Gene therapy; Plasmid DNA

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CYTOKINE; DNA VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 4; PLASMID DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SECRETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE THERAPY; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TIME;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE THERAPY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PLASMIDS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; VACCINES, DNA;

EID: 0032992275     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3300799     Document Type: Article

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