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Tetanus, a severe infectious disease, is caused by tetanus toxin (TT) from Clostridium tetani, which remains one of the most critical unsolved health problems despite preventive strategies. The carboxyl terminal of TT (TTC) is responsible for the binding of TT to neurons and for its toxicity and has been proven to be immunogenic and protective in various forms. It would therefore be extremely interesting...
T-helper type 1 (Th1) immune response is involved in the development of protective immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Thus, an increase in Th1 and cellular immune responses should lead to enhanced anti-mycobacterial activity. In this study, we aimed to improve Th1 immune responses to a DNA vaccine by adding potentially immunostimulatory nucleotide sequences into the transcribed region downstream...
There is an urgent need for vaccine against enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC), which causes a wide range of life-threatening diseases in human and animals. E. coli secreted protein A (EspA), intimin and shiga toxin (Stx) are important pathogenic factors and protective antigens of EHEC. In our previous study, we found that recombinant trivalent protein EIS, which is composed of EspA (E), the...
Therapeutic vaccination is a desirable alternative for controlling Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection. In the present study, attenuated Salmonella vector vaccines were constructed that expressed fusion proteins complexed with H. pylori CagA, VacA and UreB in different arrangements, and their therapeutic efficacy was evaluated in H. pylori-infected mice. Oral therapeutic immunization with attenuated...
To distinguish the antibodies induced by Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) infection from those induced by vaccination, a recombinant N-terminal truncated FMDV non-structural protein (NSP) of 3AB, designated as r3aB, was constructed by deleting 80 amino acids displayed about 30% homology to transposase IS4 family protein of Escherichia coli, expressed in E. coli BL21 (DE3) and then purified. The...
Urease plays a crucial role in the survival and pathogenesis of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), and antibody neutralizing the urease activity may be implicated for the protection against H. pylori infection. Previously, a neutralizing monoclonal antibody (MAb) 6E6 against UreB of H. pylori was developed. In this work, we try to identify the B-cell epitope recognized by neutralizing MAb 6E6. Following...
Immunization with peptide mimetics of carbohydrate antigens can induce functional carbohydrate-reactive antibodies. Here, we examine the immune characteristics of alternative approaches in prime and boost strategies using glycosylated HIV-1 envelope protein and model tumor associated carbohydrate antigens. Our results indicate that peptide mimotopes either in a DNA or carrier-conjugated format can...
Peptide mimetics of carbohydrates represent an alternative approach to induce anti-carbohydrate responses. Depending on their formulation, peptide mimetics can mediate T-independent or T-dependent responses. Multivalent peptide mimeotopes can induce high IgM/IgG ratios, as non-conjugated carbohydrates do. Here we observe that immunization with multivalent peptide mimeotope conjugated to BSA enhances...
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