In addition to its antiviral and immunomodulatory properties, the zebrafish β-defensin 2 (zfBD2) is a potent viral DNA vaccine molecular adjuvant

Antiviral Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 136-147

  Garcia Valtanen P ^a   Martinez Lopez, A ^a   Ortega Villaizan, M ^a   Perez, L ^a   Coll, J M ^b   Estepa, A ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Defensin; Adjuvant; Antiviral; DNA vaccine; Host defense peptide (HDP); Immune response; Immunomodulatory; NF B; Rhabdovirus; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BETA DEFENSIN 2; CHLORMETHINE; DNA VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; PLASMID DNA; VIRUS VACCINE; ADJUVANT; BETA DEFENSIN; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DNA IMMUNIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZEBRA FISH; ADJUVANT THERAPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IN VITRO GENE TRANSFER; RNA ISOLATION; SPRING VIREMIA OF CARP; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS RESISTANCE; Β-DEFENSIN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; HOST-DEFENSE PEPTIDE (HDP); IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOMODULATORY; NF-ΚB; RHABDOVIRUS;

Β-DEFENSIN; ADJUVANT; ANTIVIRAL; DNA VACCINE; HOST-DEFENSE PEPTIDE (HDP); IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATORY; NF-ΚB; RHABDOVIRUS; ZEBRAFISH;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BETA-DEFENSINS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MODELS, ANIMAL; VACCINES, DNA; VIRAL VACCINES; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84890523500     PISSN: 01663542     EISSN: 18729096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2013.11.009     Document Type: Article

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