Immune responses against Schistosoma japonicum after vaccinating mice with a multivalent DNA vaccine encoding integrated membrane protein Sj23 and cytokine interleukin-12

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1842-1846

  Gan, Yan ^a   Shi, You En ^a   Bu, Ling Yi ^a   Zhu, Xiao Hua ^a   Ning, Chang Xiu ^a   Zhu, Hong Gang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

IL 12; Multivalent DNA vaccine; Protective immunity; Schistosoma japonicum; Sj23

Indexed keywords

DNA VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; PLASMID DNA; PROTEIN SJ23; SCHISTOSOMA VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPLEEN CELL; VACCINATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WORM EGG;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CYTOKINES; HELMINTH PROTEINS; INTERLEUKIN-12; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; TH1 CELLS; VACCINATION; VACCINES, DNA;

EID: 11344272844     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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