Gene conjugation of molecular adjuvant C3d3 to hCGβ increased the anti-hCGβ Th2 and humoral immune response in DNA immunization

Journal of Gene Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 498-505

  Wang, Xiu Li ^b   Zhao, Xin Rong ^a   Yu, Min ^a   Yuan, Min Min ^a   Yao, Xiao Ying ^a   Li, Da Jin ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C3D3; Cytokine; DNA vaccine; Human chronic gonadotropin (hCG )

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN ANTIBODY; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D; DNA VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; PLASMID DNA; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN COS7; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUKARYOTE; FEMALE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; VIRAL GENE THERAPY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; COMPLEMENT C3D; COS CELLS; FEMALE; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; VACCINES, DNA;

ANIMALIA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33646257772     PISSN: 1099498X     EISSN: 15212254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgm.871     Document Type: Article

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