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ArticleInfection and immunity2002

Marked enhancement of the antigen-specific immune response by combining plasmid DNA-based immunization with a Schiff base-forming drug.

Jehad Charo, Maria Sundbäck, Ken Wasserman, Anne-Marie T Ciupitu, Babak Mirzai, Ruurd van der Zee, Rolf Kiessling

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Jehad CharoCancer Center Karolinska (CCK), Karolinska Hospital, S-17176, Stockholm, Sweden. Jehad_Charo@nih.gov
Maria Sundbäck
Ken Wasserman
Anne-Marie T Ciupitu
Babak Mirzai
Ruurd van der Zee
Rolf Kiessling
Karolinska Institutet · SEAmerican Type Culture Collection · USUtrecht University · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although plasmid DNA (pDNA)-based immunization has proven efficacy, the level of immune responses that is achieved by this route of vaccination is often lower than that induced by traditional vaccines, especially for primates and humans. We report here a simple and potent method to enhance pDNA-based vaccination by using two different plasmids encoding viral or bacterial antigens. This method is based on coadministration of low concentrations of a recently described immunopotentiating, Schiff base-forming drug called tucaresol which has led to significant augmentation of antigen-specific humoral and cellular immune responses. Our data suggest that enhancement of the immune response with tucaresol might provide a powerful tool for the further development of pDNA-based immunization for humans.

Indexed as

Adjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, BacterialAntigens, ViralBenzaldehydesBenzoatesChaperonin 60Epstein-Barr Virus Nuclear AntigensHumansImmunizationMiceMice, TransgenicMycobacteriumPlasmidsSchiff BasesAdjuvants, ImmunologicAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, BacterialAntigens, ViralBenzaldehydesBenzoatesChaperonin 60EBNA4 antigenEpstein-Barr Virus Nuclear AntigensSchiff BasestucaresolVaccines, DNA

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PMID12438338
PMCPMC133029
OpenAlexW2101774730

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