Antigen-specific CD4+ T cells recognize epitopes of protective antigen following vaccination with an anthrax vaccine

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1852-1860

  Laughlin, Elsa M ^a   Miller, Joseph D ^b   James, Eddie ^a   Fillos, Dimitri ^b   Ibegbu, Chris C ^b   Mittler, Robert S ^b   Akondy, Rama ^b   Kwok, William ^a   Ahmed, Rafi ^b   Nepom, Gerald ^a,c  

^a BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX VACCINE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; FLUORESCENT DYE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; POLYMER; PROTECTIVE ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TETRAMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHRAX; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINEAGE; DRUG RESPONSE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; VACCINATION;

ANTHRAX VACCINES; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOKINES; EPITOPES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 34147173803     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01814-06     Document Type: Article

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