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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
14
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-11-21
pubmed:abstractText
Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the primary cause of respiratory infection in infants worldwide. Currently there is no available vaccine, although studies in animal models have demonstrated protective immunity induced by an epitope of the RSV G-protein representing amino acids 174-187. Two peptides containing amino acids 174-187 of the G-protein of the human RSV A2 strain (NF1-RSV/172-187 and NF2-RSV/170-191) were separately engineered as translational fusions with the alfalfa mosaic virus coat protein and individually expressed in Nicotiana tabacum cv. Samsun NN plants through virus infection. RSV G-protein peptides were expressed in infected plant tissues at significant levels within 2 wk of inoculation and purified as part of recombinant alfalfa mosaic virions. BALB/c mice immunized intraperitoneally with three doses of the purified recombinant viruses showed high levels of serum antibody specific for RSV G-protein and were protected against infection with RSV Long strain.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0892-6638
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2323-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11053254-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11053254-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11053254-Antigens, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:11053254-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11053254-DNA, Recombinant, pubmed-meshheading:11053254-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11053254-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:11053254-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11053254-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11053254-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:11053254-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11053254-Plants, pubmed-meshheading:11053254-Plants, Genetically Modified, pubmed-meshheading:11053254-Plants, Toxic, pubmed-meshheading:11053254-Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human, pubmed-meshheading:11053254-Tobacco, pubmed-meshheading:11053254-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:11053254-Vaccination, pubmed-meshheading:11053254-Viral Vaccines
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Human respiratory syncytial virus vaccine antigen produced in plants.
pubmed:affiliation
Biotechnology Foundation Laboratories at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't