The role of adjuvants in the efficacy of a peptide vaccine for myasthenia gravis

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 226, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 307-311

  Jacob, Dena A ^a,c   Temple, Jennifer L ^a   Patisaul, Heather B ^b   Young, Larry J ^b   Rissman, Emilie F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant; Autoimmunity; Complementary peptide vaccine; Myasthenia gravis

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; AUTOANTIBODY; CARRIER PROTEIN; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; FREUND ADJUVANT; KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNIZATION; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; DRUG CARRIERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; HEMOCYANIN; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; PEPTIDES; RATS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; VACCINATION; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

ANIMALIA; CELL FUSING AGENT VIRUS;

EID: 0034994239     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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