Interleukin-21 inhibits humoral response to an HIV DNA vaccine by enhancing Bcl-6 and Pax-5 expression

Viral Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 131-140

  Feng, Congcong ^a   Jin, Jin ^a   Zou, Qiang ^a   Chen, Xuan ^a   Zhou, Chenliang ^b   Wu, Bing ^a   Weiner, David B ^c   Wang, Bin ^a,b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE; INTERLEUKIN 21; PROTEIN BCL 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ELECTROPORATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AIDS VACCINES; ANIMALS; B-CELL-SPECIFIC ACTIVATOR PROTEIN; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HIV ANTIBODIES; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INTERLEUKINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; VACCINES, DNA;

MUS;

EID: 84859579011     PISSN: 08828245     EISSN: 15578976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vim.2011.0073     Document Type: Article

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