Immunisation with a plasmid DNA vaccine encoding gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH-I) and T-helper epitopes in saline suppresses rodent fertility

Vaccine

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1365-1374

  Khan, Mohammad A H ^a   Ogita, Kazuhide ^b   Ferro, Valerie A ^c   Kumasawa, Keiichi ^b   Tsutsui, Tateki ^b   Kimura, Tadashi ^b  

^a BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GnRH I vaccine; In vivo fertility; Saline mediated immunisation

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA VACCINE; GONADORELIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HELPER CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERM COUNT; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; VACCINES, CONTRACEPTIVE; VACCINES, DNA; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 39549091922     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.12.052     Document Type: Article

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