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Allergies Vaccines
Reports outline allergies vaccines research from National Taiwan University
April 15th, 2009
New research, 'Antigen-driven bystander effect accelerates epicutaneous sensitization with a new protein allergen,' is the subject of a report. According to a study from Taipei, Taiwan, "Exposure to protein allergen epicutaneously, inducing a Th2-dominant immune response, sensitizes the host to the development of atopic disease. Antigen-driven bystander effect demonstrates that polarized T cells could instruct naïve T cells to differentiate into T cells with similar phenotype." "In this study, we aimed to determine the contribution of antigen-driven bystander effect on epicutaneous sensitization with a newly introduced protein allergen. BALB/c mice were immunized...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-04-15)
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