DNA vaccines
Subtitle: methods and protocols
By: edited by W. Mark Saltzman, Hong Shen, Janet L. Brandsma.
Contributors: Saltzman, W. Mark.; Shen, Hong, 1972-; Brandsma, Janet L.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Methods in molecular medicine -- 127
Publisher: Humana Press; Humana
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Totowa, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9781588294845
Subjects: DNA vaccines -- Research -- Methodology.; Vaccines, DNA.; Research -- methods.
Description: Presents a comprehensive collection of DNA vaccine protocols. Divided into five sections, this volume contains state-of-the-art and practical procedures on the latest DNA vaccine technology, and demonstrates the tremendous progress that has been made in the field of DNA vaccination since the initial appearance of this new vaccination strategy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: DNA vaccine design / Janet L. Brandsma; title: Design of plasmid DNA constructs for vaccines / Donna L. Montgomery and Kristala Jones Prather; title: Vaccination with messenger RNA / Stave Pascolo; title: A stress protein-facilitated antigen expression system for plasmid DNA vaccines / Petra Riedl ... [et al.]; title: In vitro assay of immunostimulatory activities of plasmid vectors / Weiwn Jiang, Charles F. Reich, and David S. Pisetsky; title: Delivery of DNA vaccines using electroporation / Shawn Babiuk, Sylvia van Drunen Littel-van den Hurk, and Lorne A. Babiuk; title: Needle-free injection of DNA vaccines: a brief overview and methodology / Kanakatte Raviprakash and Kevin R. Porter; title: Needle-free delivery of veterinary DNA vaccines / Sylvia van Drunen Littel-van den Hurk, Shawn Babiuk, and Lorne A. Babiuk; title: Surface-modified biodegradable microspheres for DNA vaccine delivery / Mark E. Keegan and W. Mark Saltzman; title: A dendrimer-like DNA-based vector for DNA delivery: a viral and nonviral hybrid approach / Dan Luo ... [et al.]; title: Identification of compartments involved in mammalian subcellular trafficking pathways by indirect immunofluorescence / Anne Doody and David Putnam; title: Adjuvant properties of CpG oligonucleotides in primates / Daniela Verthelyi; title: Complexes of DNA vaccines with cationic, antigenic peptides are potent, polyvalent CD8+ T-cell stimulating immunogens / Petra Riedl, Jörg Reimann, and Reinhold Schirmbeck; title: Prime-boost strategies in DNA vaccines / C. Jane Dale ... [et al.]; title: Modifying professional antigen-presenting cells to enhance DNA vaccine potency / Chien-Fu Hung, Mu Yang, and T.C. Wu; title: Replicase-based DNA vaccines for allergy treatment / Sandra Scheiblhofer ... [et al.]; title: Immunological responses of neonates and infants to DNA vaccines / Martha Sedegah and Stepen L. Hoffman; title: DNA vaccines for allergy treatment / Richard Weiss, Sandra Sheiblhofer, and Josef Thalhamer; title: Protection from autoimmunity by DNA vaccination against T-cell receptor / Thorsten Buch and Ari Waisman; title: The use of bone marrow-chimeric mice in elucidating immune mechanisms / Akiko Iwasaki; title: A simple method for the production of plasmid DNA in bioreactors / Kristin Listner, Laura Kizer Bentley, and Michel Chartrain; title: Practical methods for supercoiled pDNA production / John Ballantyne; title: Production of plasmid DNA in industrial quantities according to cGMP guidelines / Joachim Schorr ... [et al.]; title: Large-scale, nonchromatographic purification of plasmid DNA / Jason C. Murphy, Michael A. Winters, and Sangeetha L. Sagar; title: Assuring the quality, safety, and efficacy of DNA vaccines / James S. Robertson and Elwyn Griffiths.