Synergistic effect of gene-electro transfer and adjuvant cytokines in increasing the potency of hepatitis C virus genetic vaccination

Journal of Gene Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1048-1054

  Arcuri, Mirko ^a   Cappelletti, Manuela ^a   Zampaglione, Immacolata ^a   Aurisicchio, Luigi ^a   Nicosia, Alfredo ^a   Ciliberto, Gennaro ^a   Fattori, Elena ^a  

^a IRBM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytokines; E2; GET; HCV; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HEPATITIS C VACCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ELECTROPORATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC IMMUNIZATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VACCINATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOKINES; ELECTROPORATION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIGENS; INTERFERONS; INTERLEUKIN-12; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VACCINES, DNA; VIRAL HEPATITIS VACCINES;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 52649116635     PISSN: 1099498X     EISSN: 15212254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgm.1217     Document Type: Article

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