Enhancement of the priming efficacy of DNA vaccines encoding dendritic cell-targeted antigens by synergistic toll-like receptor ligands

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Targeting of protein antigens to dendritic cells (DC) via the DEC205 receptor enhances presentation of antigen-derived peptides on MHC-I and MHC-II molecules and, in the presence of costimulatory signals, antigen-specific immune resp...

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Main Authors: Kornbluth Richard S, Stone Geoffrey W, Nabi Ghulam, Temchura Vladimir, Nchinda Godwin, Tenbusch Matthias, Grossmann Claudius, Überla Klaus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-08-01
Series:BMC Immunology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2172/10/43