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Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology describe research in vaccines
March 26th, 2008
Research findings, 'IL-10 and the resolution of infections,' are discussed in a new report. "Chronic viral infections pose serious health concerns, as secondary complications such as immunodeficiencies and cancers are common. Treating such infections with conventional vaccine approaches has proved to be difficult," investigators in the United States report. "Studies in animals and humans suggest that vaccine failure is probably due to exhaustion of antiviral T cell responses, which occurs in a number of chronic infections. Attempts to elucidate the causes of impairment of antiviral immunity have pointed to a role for the immunomodulatory cytokine IL-10 in the ability of...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-03-26)
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