Oral tolerance induction with altered forms of ovalbumin

As a T cell-dependent phenomenon, oral tolerance is not expected to depend necessarily on native configuration of antigens. We investigated the induction of oral tolerance with modified ovalbumin (Ova). Oral administration of heat-denatured (HD-Ova) and cyanogen bromide-degraded ovalbumin was less e...

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Main Authors: Stransky B., Faria A.M.C., Vaz N.M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 1998-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X1998000300009