| Literature DB >> 10580194 |
R Weiss1, J Dürnberger, S Mostböck, S Scheiblhofer, A Hartl, M Breitenbach, P Strasser, F Dorner, I Livey, B Crowe, J Thalhamer.
Abstract
The present study outlines the characterization of a DNA-based immune response against the OspC antigen, one of the most promising candidates for a Borrelia vaccine. Balb/c mice were injected intradermally with plasmid DNA encoding the OspC gene (lacking the natural leader sequence) under transcriptional control of the cytomegalovirus (CMV) promotor. Immunization with this construct elicited only a marginal response, which was drastically improved by a fusion construct containing the human tissue plasminogen activator (hTPA) signal sequence. The results indicate that for DNA-based immunization against OspC an ER-targeting signal may be necessary for both antibody production as well as cellular immune responses.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10580194 DOI: 10.1016/s0264-410x(99)00338-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Vaccine ISSN: 0264-410X Impact factor: 3.641