Vaccination of mice with recombinant nucleic acid vaccine encoding the integral membrane protein Sj23 and cytokine IL-12 elicits specific immune responses against schistosoma japonica

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 193-197

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

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Immunization; Interleukin 12; Schistosoma japonicum; Sj23

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PLACEBO; PROTEIN SJ23; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPLEEN CELL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TH1 CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

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

EID: 15044350363     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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