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Volume 20(8):514-520, 2016.


Immune markers in mice vaccinated recombinant bacteriophage m2e-ha2 epitopes of influenza virus.

 

Hadis Fathizadeh1, Mehdi Golchin1, Masoud Moghadaszadeh1,2, Hadi Tavakkoli1, Mohammad Khalili1, Maryam Maazallahi1

 

1Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman,  2Biotechnology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. 

 

ABSTRACT

 

Fathizadeh H, Golchin M, Moghadaszadeh M, Tavakkoli H, Khalili M, Maazallahi M., Immune markers in mice vaccinated recombinant bacteriophage m2e-ha2 epitopes of influenza virus, Onl J Vet Res., 20(8):514-520, 2016.   Extracellular domains of M2 (M2e) and HA2 subunit of hemagglutinin (HA) have conserved epitopes in human and avian influenza A viruses which could be used in influenza A vaccines. We describe hybrid phage displaying the epitopes of SLLTEVET and GLFGAIAGF for inducing immune protective responses against H9N2 influenza infection in BALB/c mice. The recombinant M13 phage elicited a high immune response in mice and decreased virus shedding of virus particles in their lungs following intranasal challenge with live H9N2 virus. A higher viral shedding occurred in lungs of non-immunized control mice. The findings suggest that the hybrid phage should be tested in an influenza vaccine.

 

Keywords: Bacteriophage M13, M2e-HA2, Influenza, pVIII


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