Immunization

New findings from Montana State University in the area of immunization published

Published in Immunotherapy Weekly, October 29th, 2008

"Anti-inflammation immunotherapy has been successfully applied for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. Mucosal vaccines against autoimmune disorders are beneficial by influencing the regulatory compartment of gut and systemic adaptive immune systems," scientists in the United States report.

"A Salmonella vector expressing colonization factor Ag I (CFA/I), shown to behave as an anti-inflammatory vaccine, stimulates the production of CD4(+)CD25(+) T cells and regulatory cytokines. In this work, we queried whether Salmonella-CFA/I can protect DBA/I mice from collagen-induced arthritis. The incidence of arthritis and cartilage loss in vaccinated DBA/1 mice was remarkably...

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Source: Immunotherapy Weekly (2008-10-29)

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