Molecular adjuvants for malaria DNA vaccines based on the modulation of host-cell apoptosis

Vaccine

Volumn 27, Issue 41, 2009, Pages 5700-5708

  Bergmann Leitner, Elke S ^a   Leitner, Wolfgang W ^b   Duncan, Elizabeth H ^a   Savranskaya, Tatyana ^a   Angov, Evelina ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circumsporozoite protein; DNA vaccine; Malaria; Molecular adjuvant; Protection

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMSPOROZOITE PROTEIN; DNA VACCINE; MALARIA VACCINE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL XL; VIRUS VACCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENE GUN; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HOST CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MALARIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BCL-X PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA VACCINES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; VACCINES, DNA;

EID: 68949181594     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.06.059     Document Type: Article

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