title: Boosting immune response with a candidate varicella-zoster virus glycoprotein subunit vaccine.
abstract: A varicella-zoster virus (VZV) seropositive individual was immunized with 100 micrograms of purified VZV TgpI-511 glycoprotein subunit antigen formulated with monophosphoryl lipid A. Serum samples were obtained during a 40-day period post-immunization (PI) and analysed by immunoprecipitation and virus neutralization tests. The results from immunoprecipitation studies revealed an increase in VZV anti-gpI antibody titer as early as 6 days PI which continued to rise during 40 days PI. In addition, virus neutralization tests showed a 21.0% VZV neutralization 6 days PI with an increase to a 96.7% VZV neutralization 40 days PI. These results suggested that the candidate VZV glycoprotein subunit vaccine (TgpI-511) was capable of boosting the production of neutralizing antibodies in the immunized VZV seropositive human subject.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences, University Of Illinois College of Medicine, Rockford 61107-1897, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vafai
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000097:blood; D019433:Chickenpox Vaccine; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000276:immunology; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007117:Immunization, Secondary; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D019433:Chickenpox Vaccine; D006023:Glycoproteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; D014765:Viral Vaccines