• Hepatitis C virus E2 envelope glycoprotein produced in Nicotiana benthamiana triggers humoral response with virus-neutralizing activity in vaccinated mice 

      Dobrica, Mihaela-Olivia; van Eerde, André; Tucureanu, Catalin; Onu, Adrian; Paruch, Lisa; Caras, Iuliana; Vlase, Ene; Steen, Hege; Haugslien, Sissel; Alonzi, Dominic; Zitzmann, Nicole; Bock, Ralph; Dubuisson, Jean; Popescu, Costin-Ioan; Stavaru, Crina; Clarke, Jihong Liu; Branza-Nichita, Norica (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05-18)
      Chronic infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) remains a leading cause of liver-related pathologies and a global health problem, currently affecting more than 71 million people worldwide. The development of a prophylactic ...
    • Lettuce-produced hepatitis C virus E1E2 heterodimer triggers immune responses in mice and antibody production after oral vaccination 

      Clarke, Jihong; Paruch, Lisa; Dobrica, Mihaela-Olivia; Caras, Iuliana; Tucureanu, Catalin; Onu, Adrian; Ciulean, Sonya; Stavaru, Crina; van Eerde, André; Wang, Yanliang; Steen, Hege; Haugslien, Sissel; Petrareanu, Catalina; Lazar, Catalin; Popescu, Costin-loan; Bock, Ralph; Dubuisson, Jean; Branza-Nichita, Norica (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major etiologic agent for severe liver diseases ( e.g . cirrhosis, fibrosis and hepatocellular carcinoma). Approximately 140 million people have chronic HCV infections and about 500 000 die ...