• Title of article

    Vaccination of Tamarin with Recombinant Vaccinia Virus Expressing Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) Latent Proteins

  • Author/Authors

    Mahmoodian Shooshtari, Mahmood , Finerty, Suzan Departments of Pathology and Microbiology - University of Bristol - Bristol, U.K , Morgan, Andrew John Departments of Pathology and Microbiology - University of Bristol - Bristol, U.K

  • Pages
    5
  • From page
    71
  • To page
    75
  • Abstract
    The aim of this work was to see whether tamarin immunisation with recombinant vaccinia virus expressing Epstein Barr Virus latent proteins could prime T cells which were, on activation, able to inhibit the outgrowth of Epstein Barr virus transformed cells in vitro. The vaccination appeared to be successful as all vaccinated tamarins developed vaccinia lesions. However, the vaccination protocol did not elicit a cell-mediated response capable of inhibiting the outgrowth of autologous Lymphoblastoid Cell Lines (LCLs) as seen in the tamarin infected with whole EBV, even though the recombinant vaccinia viruses used expressed the antigens commonly recognised by sero positive humans.
  • Keywords
    Cytotoxic T cell response , Cottontop tamarin , Epstein Barr virus , Lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs)
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Serial Year
    2004
  • Record number

    2434075