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Novel DNA molecules for in vitro and in vivo expression of HCMV gB, gB transmembrane-deleted derivatives, pp65, pp150, and IE-exon-4 proteins are described. Preferably, the molecules are plasmids. Also described are methods of using these DNA molecules to induce immune responses to HCMV, and the use of a plasmid of the invention to prime immune responses to HCMV vaccines.
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A non-defective adenovirus recombinant expression system for the expression of the HCMV major envelope glycoprotein subunit is provided for use as subunit vaccine against cytomegalovirus infection.
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Growth factor receptor expression is detected by formation of a precipitate of polysome-bound receptor and growth factor on room-temperature incubation of membrane-free cytoplasm from a tumor cell with excess growth factor if the tumor cell contains actively synthesizing receptor capable of binding to the growth factor. Alternatively isolated nuclei of a tumor cell are incubated at room temperature with varying concentrations of labelled growth factor in pure membrane-free cytoplasm of the tumor cell, in cytoplasm of the tumor cell containing cell membrane, in synthetic medium and in synthetic medium containing microsomal fractions from the tumor cell, so as to cause the nuclei to incorporate the labelled growth factor, and the levels of nuclear uptake in each fraction are compared.
摘要:
A vaccine for generating an immunogenic T cell response protective against a virus, such as a herpes virus, comprising an immunologically effective amount of (1) a peptide-fatty acid conjugate, the peptide having an amino acid sequence corresponding to the sequence of a fragment of a glycoprotein of the virus which produces a T cell response, or a synthetic replica of such fragment, (2) a liposome composition comprising a mixture of phosphatidyl choline, cholesterol and lysophosphatidyl choline, and (3) complete Freund's adjuvant.
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Vigorous growth of endothelial cells from human blood vessels in vitro is achieved using a culture medium containing a cell culture medium, animal or human serum, endothelial cell growth factor and heparin and/or dextran sulfate. Cell population doubling times of 13 to 21 hours for 60 to 85 population doublings are obtained, and cloned human endothelial cell strains are established having similar proliferative capacities.
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Un vaccin de virus de varicelle attenue vivant, pouvant provoquer chez l'homme une immunite contre la varicelle sans qu'il y ait danger d'une propagation par contact, est prepare en faisant passer par serie un virus de varicelle virulent dans des fibroblastes diploides de poumons humains.