Oligodeoxyribonucleotides with 5'-ACGT-3' or 5'-TCGA-3' sequence induce production of interferons

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 247, Issue , 1999, Pages 23-39

  Yamamoto, S ^a   Yamamoto, T ^a   Tokunaga, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BACTERIAL DNA; BCG VACCINE; BETA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; PALINDROMIC DNA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CPG ISLAND; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BCG VACCINE; BINDING SITES; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG;

EID: 0033397574     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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