Vaccines

New vaccines study findings have been reported by G.M. Glenn and colleagues

Published in Vaccine Weekly, October 20th, 2010

New research, 'Toxin-mediated effects on the innate mucosal defenses: implications for enteric vaccines,' is the subject of a report. "Recent studies have confirmed older observations that the enterotoxins enhance enteric bacterial colonization and pathogenicity. How and why this happens remains unknown at this time," scientists in the United States report.

"It appears that toxins such as the heat-labile enterotoxin (LT) from Escherichia coli can help overcome the innate mucosal barrier as a key step in enteric pathogen survival. We review key observations relevant to the roles of LT and cholera toxin in protective immunity and the effects of these toxins on...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2010-10-20)

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