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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-6-16
pubmed:abstractText
An attempt was made to develop a safe, efficacious live recombinant vaccine using low neurovirulent strains of vaccinia virus: LC16m0 (m0) or LC16m8 (m8). Recombinant vaccinia virus (RVV) was constructed by inserting the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) gene fused to a 7.5 kDa protein promoter (7.5 kDa promoter) within the vaccinia virus thymidine kinase (TK) gene using the m0 or m8 strain as vectors. These RVVs expressed significant amounts of HBsAg (1.1 microgram/2 X 10(5) cells) consisting of 24.5 and 28 kDa (glycosylated) proteins. HBsAg produced by RVV (vaccinia HBsAg) had physical properties very similar to plasma-derived HBsAg. Considering the safety of RVVs from m0 or m8 that have been constructed with HBsAg without the addition of a promoter and the high induction of anti-HBs antibody with RVV from m0 strain in rabbits, the RVVs constructed in the present study are likely to form the basis of a safe live RVV vaccine for hepatitis B virus (HBV).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0264-410X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
53-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2718607-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:2718607-Antibody Formation, pubmed-meshheading:2718607-Blotting, Southern, pubmed-meshheading:2718607-Centrifugation, Density Gradient, pubmed-meshheading:2718607-Genes, pubmed-meshheading:2718607-Hepatitis B Surface Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:2718607-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:2718607-Immunocompetence, pubmed-meshheading:2718607-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:2718607-Molecular Weight, pubmed-meshheading:2718607-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:2718607-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:2718607-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:2718607-Recombination, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:2718607-Vaccines, pubmed-meshheading:2718607-Vaccines, Synthetic, pubmed-meshheading:2718607-Vaccinia virus, pubmed-meshheading:2718607-Viral Vaccines
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Improved recombinant LC16m0 or LC16m8 vaccinia virus successfully expressing hepatitis B surface antigen.
pubmed:affiliation
Chiba Serum Institute, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article