A GRA1 DNA vaccine primes cytolytic CD8+ T cells to control acute Toxoplasma gondii infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 309-316

  Scorza, T ^a,b   D'Souza, S ^a   Laloup, M ^a   Dewit, J ^a   De Braekeleer, J ^a   Verschueren, H ^a,c   Vercammen, M ^a,d   Huygen, K ^a   Jongert, E ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DNA VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRA1 DNA VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOFLUOROMETRY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BRAIN; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VACCINATION; VACCINES, DNA;

EID: 0037220935     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.1.309-316.2003     Document Type: Article

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