A West Nile Virus Recombinant Protein Vaccine That Coactivates Innate and Adaptive Immunity
Huleatt J, Foellmer H, Hewitt D, Tang J, Desai P, Price A, Jacobs A, Takahashi V, Huang Y, Nakaar V, Alexopoulou L, Fikrig E, Powell T, McDonald W. A West Nile Virus Recombinant Protein Vaccine That Coactivates Innate and Adaptive Immunity. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2007, 195: 1607-1617. PMID: 17471430, DOI: 10.1086/517613.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune responseAntibody responseImmunoglobulin G antibody responseC3H/HeN miceWest Nile virus vaccineAdaptive immune signalsTLR5-deficient miceAntigen-specific responsesG antibody responseProtective immune responseAdaptive immune responsesToll-like receptorsWNV envelope proteinLethal WNV challengeRecombinant protein vaccineInterleukin-8 productionNeutralized viral infectivityEnzyme-linked immunosorbentEffective WNV vaccinesWNV vaccineHeN miceVirus challengeProtein vaccineVirus vaccineWNV challenge