Immunity to Chlamydia pneumoniae induced by vaccination with DNA vectors expressing a cytoplasmic protein (Hsp60) or outer membrane proteins (MOMP and Omp2)

Vaccine

Volumn 19, Issue 9-10, 2000, Pages 1256-1265

  Penttilä, Tuula ^a,b   Vuola, Jenni M ^c   Puurula, Vuokko ^d   Anttila, Marjukka ^d   Sarvas, Matti ^c   Rautonen, Nina ^c   Mäkelä, P Helena ^c   Puolakkainen, Mirja ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chlamydia pneumoniae; DNA immunization; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

DNA VACCINE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN MOMP; PROTEIN OMP2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA VECTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC CODE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; LUNG; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CHAPERONIN 60; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COS CELLS; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; VACCINATION; VACCINES, DNA;

EID: 0034624077     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(00)00237-1     Document Type: Article

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