Development of genetically engineered human sperm immunocontraceptives

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 145-150

  Naz, Rajesh K ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti sperm antibodies; Contraceptive vaccine; Immunocontraception; Immunoinfertility; scFv antibodies

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONTRACEPTIVE VACCINE; DNA VACCINE; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE VACCINE; RECOMBINANT ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SINGLE CHAIN FRAGMENT VARIABLE ANTIBODY; SPERM ANTIBODY; SPERM ANTIGEN;

ACROSOME; ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TARGETING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PHAGE DISPLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; VACCINE PRODUCTION; VASECTOMY;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SINGLE-CHAIN ANTIBODIES; SPERMATOZOA; VACCINES, CONTRACEPTIVE;

EID: 70449713280     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2009.06.260     Document Type: Review

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