Immunocontraceptive effect of DNA vaccine targeting fertilin β in male mice

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 282-290

  Sun, Zhongyi ^a   Jin, Fengshuo ^a   Li, Yanfeng ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antigen; Contraception; DNA vaccine; Fertilin ; Immuno adjuvant; Sperm

Indexed keywords

C3D3; DNA VACCINE; FERTILIN; FERTILIN BETA; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ADAM PROTEIN; ANTIBODY; CONTRACEPTIVE VACCINE; CYTOKINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TARGETING; FEMALE; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CELL LINE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY;

ADAM PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CELL LINE; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; VACCINES, CONTRACEPTIVE; VACCINES, DNA;

EID: 77951241037     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2009.00785.x     Document Type: Article

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