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Trial reportBMC veterinary research2012

Effect of adjuvants on the humoral immune response to congopain in mice and cattle.

John Kateregga, George W Lubega, Erik B Lindblad, Edith Authié, Theresa Helen Taillefer Coetzer, Alain François Vincent Boulangé

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMC veterinary research, 2012. 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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5citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

John KatereggaCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda. katereggaj@vetmed.mak.ac.ug
George W Lubega
Erik B Lindblad
Edith Authié
Theresa Helen Taillefer Coetzer
Alain François Vincent Boulangé
Makerere University · UGAgence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l’Alimentation, de l’Environnement et du Travail · FRCentre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement · FRUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe investigated several adjuvants for their effects on the humoral immune response in both mice and cattle using the central domain of congopain (C2), the major cysteine protease of Trypanosoma congolense, as a model for developing a vaccine against animal trypanosomosis. The magnitude and sustainability of the immune response against C2 and the occurrence of a booster effect of infection, an indirect measure of the presence of memory cells, were determined by ELISA, while spectrofluorometry was used to determine and measure the presence of enzyme-inhibiting antibodies.

resultsMice immunized with recombinant C2 in TiterMax™, Adjuphos™, purified saponin Quil A™ or Gerbu™ showed the best response according to the evaluation criteria and the latter three were chosen for the cattle vaccination study. The cattle were challenged with T. congolense four and a half months after the last booster. Cattle immunized with recombinant C2 in purified saponin Quil A™ showed the best antibody response according to the measured parameters.

conclusionsWe identified purified saponin Quil A™ as a good adjuvant for immunizations with C2. The results from this study will be useful in future attempts to develop an effective anti-disease vaccine against African trypanosomosis.

Indexed as

Immunity, HumoralAdjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsAntibodies, ProtozoanCattleCattle DiseasesCysteine EndopeptidasesFemaleImmunoglobulin GMaleMiceProtozoan VaccinesRandom AllocationRecombinant ProteinsTrypanosoma congolenseTrypanosomiasis, AfricanAdjuvants, ImmunologicAntibodies, ProtozoancongopainCysteine EndopeptidasesImmunoglobulin GProtozoan VaccinesRecombinant Proteins

Identifiers

PMID22621378
PMCPMC3532191
OpenAlexW1964614161

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