Active immunization against macrophage migration inhibitory factor using a novel DNA vaccine prevents

Shin Onodera1, Shigeki Oshima, Jun Nishihira

  • 1Department of Sports Medicine and Joint Reconstruction Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita-15, Nishi-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8638, Japan. onodera@med.hokudai.ac.jp

Vaccine
|January 8, 2008
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