has role protective antigen role protective antigen Leishmania donovani protein MspC Oliver He Allen Xiang protein Study showed that cationic distearoyl phosphatidylcholine (DSPC) liposomes, when used as vaccine adjuvant with the immunodominant 63-kDa glycoprotein (gp63, mspC) of Leishmania donovani promastigotes, induced significant protection against progressive visceral leishmaniasis in susceptible BALB/c mice. gp63 used without adjuvant elicited partial protection but in association with liposomes exhibited marked resistance in both the livers and spleens of the mice challenged 10 days after the last vaccination [PubMed: 18195029]. Protegen ID: 568; NCBI Protein GI: 21954466; NCBITaxon: 5661