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Arthritis Vaccines
Research on arthritis vaccines published by scientists at University Hospital
September 3rd, 2008
Fresh data on arthritis are presented in the report 'An early sympathetic nervous system influence exacerbates collagen-induced arthritis via CD4+CD25+ cells.' According to a study from Regensburg, Germany, "Activation of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) ameliorates collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) in the late phase of the disease but aggravates it in the presymptomatic phase. The aim of the present study was to determine whether CD4+CD25+ T cells are influenced by the SNS of mice and play a disease-modifying role in the early symptomatic phase of the disease." "We tested the effects of the SNS on arthritis by transferring CD4+CD25+ T cells from sympathectomized...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-09-03)
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