Feasibilty of in utero DNA vaccination following naked gene transfer into pig fetal muscle: Transgene expression, immunity and safety

Vaccine

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 4586-4591

  Rinaldi, Monica ^a   Signori, Emanuela ^a,b   Rosati, Paolo ^c   Cannelli, Giorgio ^c   Parrella, Paola ^d   Iannace, Enrico ^c   Monego, Giovanni ^c   Ciafrè, Silvia Anna ^e   Farace, Maria Giulia ^e   Iurescia, Sandra ^a,d   Fioretti, Daniela ^a,d   Rasi, Guido ^a   Fazio, Vito Michele ^a,b,d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Section of Molecular Medicine and Biotechnology   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Infectious diseases; Neonatal immunity; Veterinary

Indexed keywords

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS VACCINE; PLASMID VECTOR; SIMIAN VIRUS VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENHANCER REGION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; IMMUNITY; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; SWINE; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; MUSCLES; PLASMIDS; PREGNANCY; SWINE; TRANSGENES; VACCINES, DNA;

EID: 33747143769     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.08.030     Document Type: Article

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