Astragalus polysaccharides enhance immune responses of HBV DNA vaccination via promoting the dendritic cell maturation and suppressing Treg frequency in mice

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 463-470

  Du, Xiaogang ^a   Zhao, Bing ^a   Li, Jinyao ^b   Cao, Xiaohan ^a   Diao, Mingkun ^a   Feng, Haibo ^a   Chen, Xiaobing ^a   Chen, Zhiyu ^a   Zeng, Xianyin ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant; APS; Dendritic cell; DNA vaccine; HBV; Regulatory T cell

Indexed keywords

ASTRAGALUS EXTRACT; B7 ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; CD86 ANTIGEN; DNA VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL MATURATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXIC LYMPHOCYTE; DENDRITIC CELL; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; UPREGULATION; VACCINATION;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENDRITIC CELLS; DOWN-REGULATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; POLYSACCHARIDES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; VACCINES, DNA;

EID: 84866973889     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: 18781705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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