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Vaccination with dendritic cells pulsed with hepatitis C pseudo particles induces specific immune responses in mice

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AIM:To explore dendritic cells (DCs) multiple functions in immune modulation.METHODS:We used bone-marrow derived dendritic cells from BALB/c mice pulsed with pseudo particles from the hepatitis C virus to vaccinate naive BALB/c mice.Hepatitis C virus (HCV) pseudo particles consist of the genotype 1b derived envelope proteins E1 and E2,covering a non-HCV core structure.Thus,not a single epitope,but the whole "viral surface" induces immunogenicity.For vaccination,mature and activated DC were injected subcutaneously twice.RESULTS:Humoral and cellular immune responses measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and interferon-gamma enzyme-linked immunosorbent spot test showed antibody production as well as T-cells directed against HCV.Furthermore,T-cell responses confirmed two highly immunogenic regions in E1 and E2 outside the hypervariable region 1.CONCLUSION:Our results indicate dendritic cells as a promising vaccination model for HCV infection that should be evaluated further.

Dendritic cellHepatitis CPseudo particlesImmune responsesVaccination

Kilian Weigand、Franziska Voigt、Jens Encke、Birgit Hoyler、Wolfgang Stremmel、Christoph Eisenbach

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Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Heidelberg,D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany

Department of Medicine, Johanna-Etienne-Kran-kenhaus Neuss, 41462 Neuss, Germany

2012

世界胃肠病学杂志(英文版)
太原消化病研治中心

世界胃肠病学杂志(英文版)

SCI
影响因子:1.001
ISSN:1007-9327
年,卷(期):2012.18(8)
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