title: DNA vaccination against Chlamydiaceae: current status and perspectives.
abstract: DNA vaccination (also called genetic vaccination) recently celebrated its ten years of existence. This new method of immunization presents several advantages, including the induction of both humoral and cellular immune responses. This vaccination strategy has been very successful and has served as a basis for numerous experiments that had the aim of resolving parasitic, viral, and bacterial infections. In particular, DNA vaccination has been evaluated against Chlamydiaceae, small obligate intracellular bacteria, that induce many pathologies in humans and animals. Despite promising protective effects obtained in murine and turkey models with genes encoding outer membrane proteins and heat shock proteins, DNA vaccination against Chlamydiaceae must be optimized by further investigations and could benefit from the genomic sequencing in terms of the identification of new antigens.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Pathologie Infectieuse et Immunologie, INRA-Centre de Tours, 37380 Nouzilly, France.
authors.forename: Céline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Héchard
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Grépinet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002693:Chlamydiaceae / Q000276:immunology*; D002694:Chlamydiaceae Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D014611:Vaccination / Q000662:veterinary*; D019444:Vaccines, DNA
chemical_list: D019444:Vaccines, DNA