Dendritic cell mediated delivery of plasmid DNA encoding LAMP/HIV-1 gag fusion immunogen enhances T cell epitope responses in HLA DR4 transgenic mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Simon, Gregory G ^a   Hu, Yongli ^b   Khan, Asif M ^b   Zhou, Jingshi ^a   Salmon, Jerome ^a   Chikhlikar, Priya R ^a   Jung, Keun Ok ^a   Marques, Ernesto T A ^a   August, J Thomas ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GAG PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LYSOSOME ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PLASMID DNA; PLASMID VECTOR; DNA; LIMBIC SYSTEM ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN; LIMBIC SYSTEM-ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; ELECTROPORATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; EX VIVO STUDY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE DATABASE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLASMID;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MUS MUSCULUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DENDRITIC CELLS; DNA; ELECTROPORATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; GENE PRODUCTS, GAG; HIV-1; HLA-DR4 ANTIGEN; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS;

EID: 77649099536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008574     Document Type: Article

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