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ArticleMolecular biotechnology2001

Virus-like particles as vaccine adjuvants.

S C Gilbert

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Article in Molecular biotechnology, 2001. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

S C GilbertWellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Roosevelt Drive, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7BN, UK. sgilbert@well.ox.ac.uk

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Virus-like particles (VLPs) consist of one or more viral coat proteins that assemble into particles. They can be taken up by antigen presenting cells (APC), peptides derived from them are presented on MHC class I molecules at the cell surface, and thereby prime a CD8+ T cell response, either against the particle-forming protein itself (such as Hepatitis B surface antigen) or additional peptide sequences that are produced as fusions with the particle-forming protein. This article describes the preparation of Ty-VLPs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a system that can easily be handled in the laboratory or scaled up for manufacture, and is safe in use.

Indexed as

Adjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsBase SequenceCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesDNA PrimersElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide GelEpitopesEpitopes, T-LymphocyteMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMolecular Sequence DataPlasmidsPlasmodium bergheiSaccharomyces cerevisiaeVaccinationVaccines, SyntheticAdjuvants, ImmunologicDNA PrimersEpitopesEpitopes, T-LymphocyteVaccines, SyntheticViral Vaccines

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PMID11725486

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