Identification of T helper cell-recognized epitopes in the chitinase of the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus

Vaccine

Volumn 20, Issue 31-32, 2002, Pages 3685-3694

  Drabner, Birgit ^a   Reineke, Ulrich ^a   Schneider Mergener, Jens ^a   Humphreys, Robert E ^b   Hartmann, Susanne ^a   Lucius, Richard ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Antigen Express Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitinase; MHC Class II recognized epitopes; Peptide vaccine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHITINASE; DNA VACCINE; EPITOPE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VACCINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; H2 ANTIGEN; HELMINTH DNA; HELMINTH PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT VACCINE;

ALGORITHM; ALLELE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; FILARIA; HELPER CELL; IMMUNIZATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHITINASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, HELMINTH; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; H-2 ANTIGENS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PEPTIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 0036839881     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(02)00395-X     Document Type: Article

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