未来的丙型肝炎疫苗

丙型肝炎病毒（hepatitis C virus，HCV）是丙型肝炎的病原体，是导致输血后肝炎和非甲非乙型肝炎的主要致病因子。HCV感染常导致慢性肝炎、肝硬化和肝细胞癌。HCV在细胞内和动物体内复制能力很差，没有理想的细胞模型和动物模型。丙型肝炎目前尚无疫苗，还有很多病人在等待治疗。研制预防性和治疗性疫苗，以控制HCV感染有着重要意义。经过几代科技工作者的努力和奉献，丙型肝炎疫苗研究取得了重大进展。用核酸疫苗作首次免疫，用多肽疫苗或树突状细胞疫苗作加强免疫，不但有预防作用，而且有治疗效果。核酸疫苗将为改善人类和动物健康作出巨大贡献。

Hepatitis C Vaccines in the Future

Hepatitis C is an important infectious disease threatening human health.Because of the most heterogeneous and high mutational rate of the HCV genome,the virus can easily escape from the immune recognition of the host,thus it is difficult to develop a vaccine,as theory and technique of molecular biology rapidly develop,gene immune technique now is applied into HCV vaccine development.Recombinant plasmid pEF-HCV-C constructed by inserting a highly conserved HCV-core gene fragment with the highly expressed euk...