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ArticleHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2013

Potent monoclonal antibodies against Clostridium difficile toxin A elicited by DNA immunization.

Chunhua Zhang, Ke Jin, Yanling Xiao, Ying Cheng, Zuhu Huang, Shixia Wang, Shan Lu

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Article in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Chunhua ZhangJiangsu Province Key Laboratory in Infectious Diseases; The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing, P.R. China; Department of Infectious Diseases; The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing, P.R. China; China-US Vaccine Research Center; The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing, P.R. China.
Ke JinJiangsu Province Key Laboratory in Infectious Diseases; The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing, P.R. China; Department of Infectious Diseases; The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing, P.R. China; China-US Vaccine Research Center; The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing, P.R. China.
Yanling XiaoJiangsu Haiyuan Protein Biotech Co. Ltd.; Taizhou, P.R. China.
Ying ChengICDC, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, P.R. China.
Zuhu HuangJiangsu Province Key Laboratory in Infectious Diseases; The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing, P.R. China; Department of Infectious Diseases; The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing, P.R. China; China-US Vaccine Research Center; The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing, P.R. China.
Shixia WangChina-US Vaccine Research Center; The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing, P.R. China; Department of Medicine; University of Massachusetts Medical School; Worcester, MA USA.
Shan LuChina-US Vaccine Research Center; The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University; Nanjing, P.R. China; Department of Medicine; University of Massachusetts Medical School; Worcester, MA USA.
National Vaccine and Serum Institute · CNJiangsu Province Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent studies have demonstrated that DNA immunization is effective in eliciting antigen-specific antibody responses against a wide range of infectious disease targets. The polyclonal antibodies elicited by DNA vaccination exhibit high sensitivity to conformational epitopes and high avidity. However, there have been limited reports in literature on the production of monoclonal antibodies (mAb) by DNA immunization. Here, by using Clostridium difficile (C. diff) toxin A as a model antigen, we demonstrated that DNA immunization was effective in producing a panel of mAb that are protective against toxin A challenge and can also be used as sensitive reagents to detect toxin A from various testing samples. The immunoglobulin (Ig) gene usage for such mAb was also investigated. Further studies should be conducted to fully establish DNA immunization as a unique platform to produce mAb in various hosts.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibodies, BacterialAntibodies, MonoclonalBacterial ToxinsEnterotoxinsImmunizationMice, Inbred BALB CVaccines, DNAAntibodies, BacterialAntibodies, MonoclonalBacterial ToxinsEnterotoxinstcdA protein, Clostridium difficileVaccines, DNAC. difftoxinDNA immunizationimmunoglobulin genesmonoclonal antibodytoxin A

Identifiers

PMID23851482
PMCPMC3906400
OpenAlexW2041453278

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