PMID- 10924791 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20001011 LR - 20190728 IS - 0264-410X (Print) IS - 0264-410X (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 1 DP - 2000 Aug 15 TI - Interleukin-18 modulates immune responses induced by HIV-1 Nef DNA prime/protein boost vaccine. PG - 95-102 AB - Many different HIV-1 vaccine strategies have been developed, but as yet none has been completely successful. Promising results from combined DNA prime/protein boost vaccines have been reported. Specific immune responses generated by DNA vaccines can be modulated by the co-delivery of genes coding for cytokines. In this study, we have used the intradermal route by needle injection of a plasmid coding for the HIV-1 Nef accessory protein. We show that DNA prime/protein boost vaccine combinations increase the humoral and cellular immune responses against HIV-1 Nef and that the co-injection of DNA encoding Interleukin-18 (IL-18) modulates the specific immune response towards a Th1 type. FAU - Billaut-Mulot, O AU - Billaut-Mulot O AD - Unite Inserm 167, Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France. FAU - Idziorek, T AU - Idziorek T FAU - Ban, E AU - Ban E FAU - Kremer, L AU - Kremer L FAU - Dupre, L AU - Dupre L FAU - Loyens, M AU - Loyens M FAU - Riveau, G AU - Riveau G FAU - Locht, C AU - Locht C FAU - Capron, A AU - Capron A FAU - Bahr, G M AU - Bahr GM LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Netherlands TA - Vaccine JT - Vaccine JID - 8406899 RN - 0 (AIDS Vaccines) RN - 0 (DNA, Viral) RN - 0 (Gene Products, nef) RN - 0 (Interleukin-18) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) RN - 0 (Vaccines, DNA) RN - 0 (Viral Proteins) RN - 0 (nef Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus) SB - IM MH - AIDS Vaccines/*administration & dosage/immunology MH - Animals MH - Antibody Formation/drug effects MH - DNA, Viral/*administration & dosage/immunology MH - Female MH - Gene Products, nef/administration & dosage/biosynthesis/genetics/*immunology MH - HIV-1/genetics/*immunology MH - Immunity, Cellular/drug effects MH - Immunization, Secondary MH - Interleukin-18/genetics/*immunology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Plasmids/genetics MH - Recombinant Proteins/administration & dosage/immunology MH - Vaccines, DNA/*administration & dosage/immunology MH - Viral Proteins/administration & dosage/immunology MH - nef Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus EDAT- 2000/08/05 11:00 MHDA- 2000/10/14 11:01 CRDT- 2000/08/05 11:00 PHST- 2000/08/05 11:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2000/10/14 11:01 [medline] PHST- 2000/08/05 11:00 [entrez] AID - S0264-410X(00)00157-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0264-410x(00)00157-2 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Vaccine. 2000 Aug 15;19(1):95-102. doi: 10.1016/s0264-410x(00)00157-2.