Recombinant urease and urease DNA of Coccidioides immitis elicit an immunoprotective response against coccidioidomycosis in mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2878-2887

  Li, K ^a   Yu, J J ^a   Hung, C Y ^a   Lehmann, P F ^a   Cole, G T ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; PLASMID VECTOR; RECOMBINANT DNA; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; RECOMBINANT HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT UREASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; CHAPERONIN 60; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FUNGAL VACCINES; IMMUNIZATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; UREASE; VACCINES, DNA; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 0035058922     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.5.2878-2887.2001     Document Type: Article

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