Induction of immune responses in mice by vaccination with liposome-entrapped DNA complexes encoding toxoplasma gondii SAG1 and ROP1 genes

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1561-1566

  Chen, Haifeng ^a   Chen, Guanjin ^b   Zheng, Huanqin ^b   Guo, Hong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DNA; Immunization; Liposome; ROP1; SAG1; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PLASMID DNA; PLASMID VECTOR; RHOPTRY PROTEIN 1; SURFACE ANTIGEN 1; TOXOPLASMA GONDII VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LEUKOCYTE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN CELL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VACCINATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DNA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC VECTORS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNIZATION; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0344034379     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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