| Literature DB >> 15020066 |
Judit Wefer1, Robert A Harris, Anna Lobell.
Abstract
DNA vaccines encoding encephalitogenic peptides protect against subsequent development of rat experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) through unknown mechanisms. We investigated immune cell phenotypes at different time points after DNA vaccination with vaccine encoding myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein peptide 91-108 and subsequent induction of EAE. In protected rats, we observed (i) no alterations in antigen-specific Th2 or Th3 responses, (ii) reduced MHC II expression on splenocytes early after EAE induction, (iii) antigen-specific upregulation of IFNbeta upon recall stimulation and (iv) reduced IL-12Rbeta2 on lymphocytes. We suggest that the underlying mechanism of DNA vaccination is associated with immunomodulation exerted by induced IFNbeta.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15020066 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2003.12.012
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neuroimmunol ISSN: 0165-5728 Impact factor: 3.478