@article{oai:hama-med.repo.nii.ac.jp:00002349, author = {Suzuki, Daisuke and Nagata, Toshi and Matsumoto, Sohkichi and Matsumoto, Makoto and Tsujimura, Kunio and Koide, Yukio}, issue = {8}, journal = {Vaccine}, month = {Feb}, note = {Mycobacterial DNA-binding protein 1 (MDP1) is a major protein antigen in mycobacteria and induces protective immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in mice. In this study we determined murine T-cell epitopes on MDP1 with MDP1 DNA immunization in mice. We analyzed interferon-γ production from the MDP1 DNA-immune splenocytes in response to 20-mer overlapping peptides covering MDP1 protein. We identified several CD4+ T-cell epitopes in three inbred mouse strains and one CD8+ T-cell epitope in C57BL/6 mice. These T-cell epitopes would be feasible for analysis of the role of MDP1-specific T-cells in protective immunity and for future vaccine design against M. tuberculosis infection.}, pages = {2020--2025}, title = {Characterization of murine T-cell epitopes on mycobacterial DNA-binding protein 1 (MDP1) using DNA vaccination}, volume = {28}, year = {2010} }