DNA Vaccines

Download or read book DNA Vaccines written by Hildegund C. J. Ertl and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2003 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DNA Vaccines: An Introduction; M.R. Hilleman. Architecture of a DNA vaccine; G. Pavlakis. DNA vaccine delivery; S. Kaufmann. Adjuvanticity of DNA vaccines; A. Krieg. Immune responses to DNA vaccines: Antigen presentation; R. Steinman. Immune responses to DNA vaccines: Antigen processing; J. Yewdell. Immune responses to DNA vaccines: Induction of B cells; G. Kelsoe. Immune responses to DNA vaccines: Induction of CD4+ T cells; E. Shevach. Immune responses to DNA vaccines: Induction of CD8+ T cells; L. Whitton. Immune responses to DNA vaccines: Cytokines as immune mediators as part of the immune response and their potential as genetic adjuvants to DNA vaccines; H. Ertl. Immune responses to DNA vaccines: Chemokines as immune mediators as part of the immune response and their potential as genetic adjuvants to DNA vaccines; P. Murphy. DNA Vaccines to infectious agents: RNA viruses; J. Ulmer. DNA Vaccines to infectious agents: HIV/SIV; B. Wahren. DNA Vaccines to infectious agents: DNA viruses; B. Rouse. DNA Vaccines to infectious agents: Tumor-associated viruses (excluding HBV); R. Kennedy. DNA Vaccines to infectious agents: Bacteria; D. Lowrie. DNA Vaccines to infectious agents: Parasites; S. Hoffman. Use of DNA vaccines for neonatal/early childhood immunization; C.-A. Siegrist. The potential of DNA vaccines for developing countries; H. Wilde. DNA vaccines and their potential to counterbalance biological warfare/bioterrorism; A. Schmaljohn. DNA vaccines to cancer associated/specific antigens; DNA vaccines to autoimmune diseases; H. Wigzell. DNA vaccines to allergic diseases; Yan Chuah, P. Holt. DNA vaccines for gene therapy; K. High. Safety concerns for DNA; D. Klinman. DNA vaccines: Summary.