Covalent complexes of antigen and α2-macroglobulin: Evidence for dramatically-increased immunogenicity

Vaccine

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 554-562

  Cianciolo, George J ^a   Enghild, Jan J ^b   Pizzo, Salvatore V ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antigen presentation; Immunomodulators; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; FREUND ADJUVANT; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SYNERVAX;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; DRUG STABILITY; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS;

ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; ANIMALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; IMMUNIZATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; VACCINES, SUBUNIT;

EID: 0035851343     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(01)00361-9     Document Type: Article

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