Enhanced efficacy of CTLA-4 fusion anti-caries DNA vaccines in gnotobiotic hamsters

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1236-1242

  Zhang, Feng ^a   Li, Yu Hong ^a   Fan, Ming Wen ^a   Jia, Rong ^a   Xu, Qing An ^a   Guo, Ji Hua ^a   Yu, Fei ^a   Tian, Qi Wei ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated antigen 4; Dendritic cells; DNA vaccines; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; GLUCAN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PCI VACCINE; PGJA P VACCINE; PGJA P VAX1 VACCINE; PGLUA P VACCINE; PVAX1 VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GNOTOBIOTICS; HAMSTER; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SCORING SYSTEM; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, CD; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; CRICETINAE; DENDRITIC CELLS; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; GERM-FREE LIFE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; MESOCRICETUS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCAL VACCINES; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VACCINES, DNA;

EID: 34547592451     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: 17457254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2007.00600.x     Document Type: Article

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