Published in Vaccine Weekly, November 16th, 2005
According to recent research from the United States, "An expanding area of interest is the utilization of microbe-based components to augment mucosal and systemic immune responses to target antigens. Thus, the aim of the present study was to assess if the flagellin component FljB from Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium could act as a mucosal adjuvant and then to determine the cellular mechanisms by which FljB mediates its adjuvant properties. To determine if FljB could act as a mucosal adjuvant, mice were immunized by the...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2005-11-16)
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