Peripheral immune activation can have profound physiological and behavioral effects
including induction of fever and sickness behavior. One mechanism through which immune …

The arsenal against different types of cancers has increased impressively in the last decade.
The detailed knowledge of the tumor microenvironment enables it to be manipulated in …

The increasing threat posed by drug-resistant strains of M. tuberculosis is leading to a
reappraisal of the possibility of treating tuberculosis (TB) by immunotherapy. We analyze 6 …

Pigs are believed to be one of the important sources of emerging human and swine
influenza viruses (SwIV). Influenza virus conserved peptides have the potential to elicit cross …

Several studies have shown that when purified from a tumor, certain heat shock proteins
(HSPs) can function as effective vaccines against the same tumor by virtue of their ability to …

Liposome vesicles could be formed at 65° C from the chloroform-soluble, total polar lipids
(TPL) extracted from Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG). Mice immunized …

In this study, we explored the protective anti-tumor potency of mouse (self) Hsp70 or Hsp110-
based DNA vaccination approach targeting a tumor-associated antigen, human papilloma …

Killed viral vaccines are known to induce primarily antibody responses. By contrast DNA
vaccination using naked DNA encoding viral antigens induces both humoral and cellular …

We have investigated the non-specific immunostimulatory and specific immunomodulatory
effects of hemocyanin from marine gastropod Rapana thomasiana (RtH). The purified RtH …

Heat shock proteins (HSP) have been shown to enhance antigen processing and
presentation through their association with antigenic peptides and delivery of these moieties …