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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-7-3
pubmed:abstractText
We recently reported the enhanced immunogenicity of a peptide epitope when it was presented as a fusion protein with hepatitis B core antigen. In those experiments the fusion protein was expressed in vaccinia virus. We have now refined the system so that large amounts of highly immunogenic particles can be produced using a simple bacterial expression system. We describe the expression of three different viral epitopes as chimeric particles that induce good antibody responses to each epitope after one dose of low amounts of antigen. Finally we demonstrate that the immunogenicity is a reflection of both T helper cell sites within the core protein and also the particulate nature of the immunogens.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0022-1317
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
71 ( Pt 5)
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1109-17
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1693163-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1693163-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:1693163-Antibodies, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:1693163-Antigens, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:1693163-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1693163-Chimera, pubmed-meshheading:1693163-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:1693163-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:1693163-Epitopes, pubmed-meshheading:1693163-Female, pubmed-meshheading:1693163-Guinea Pigs, pubmed-meshheading:1693163-Hepatitis B Antibodies, pubmed-meshheading:1693163-Hepatitis B Core Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:1693163-Leukemia Virus, Feline, pubmed-meshheading:1693163-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:1693163-Poliovirus, pubmed-meshheading:1693163-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1693163-Rhinovirus
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Presentation and immunogenicity of viral epitopes on the surface of hybrid hepatitis B virus core particles produced in bacteria.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Virology, Wellcome Biotechnology, Beckenham, Kent, U.K.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article