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Blocking of the TLR5 activation domain hampers protective potential of flagellin DNA vaccine.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Jul 2007
Saha Sukumar, Takeshita Fumihiko, Matsuda Tomoko, Jounai Nao, Kobiyama Kouji, Matsumoto Tetsuya, Sasaki Shin, Yoshida Atsushi, Xin Ke-Qin, Klinman Dennis M, Uematsu Satoshi, Ishii Ken J, Akira Shizuo, Okuda Kenji
Abstract excerpt
Flagellin is a key component of the flagella of many pathogens, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Flagellin is an attractive vaccine candidate because it is readily produced and manipulated as a recombinant protein and has intrinsic adjuvant activity mediated through TLR5. Although DNA vaccines encoding native Pseudomonas B-type (FliC) or A-type (FlaA) flagellin are strongly immunogenic, the resultant Ab response...
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