Comparison of immune responses to gonococcal PorB delivered as outer membrane vesicles, recombinant protein, or Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus replicon particles

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 7558-7568

  Zhu, Weiyan ^a   Thomas, Christopher E ^a   Chen, Ching Ju ^a   Van Dam, Cornelius N ^a   Johnston, Robert E ^a   Davis, Nancy L ^a   Sparling, P Frederick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; PHOSPHORYL LIPID A; PORIN; RECOMBINANT PORIN B; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RIBI R 700; TREHALOSE DICORYNOMYCOLATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL ADHESION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG FORMULATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; LYMPHOCYTE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MOUSE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; OUTER MEMBRANE VESICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; SPLEEN CELL; TH1 CELL; VACCINATION; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; VIRUS PARTICLE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CELL LINE; CYTOKINES; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PORINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPLICON; VACCINATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 27744551111     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.11.7558-7568.2005     Document Type: Article

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