Indirect Effects of Oral Tolerance Inhibit Pulmonary Granulomas to Schistosoma mansoni Eggs

Parenteral injection of tolerated proteins into orally tolerant mice inhibits the initiation of immunological responses to unrelated proteins and blocks severe chronic inflammatory reactions of immunological origin, such as autoimmune reactions. This inhibitory effect which we have called “indirect...

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Main Authors: Geraldo Magela Azevedo, Raquel Alves Costa, Mariana Araujo Resende, Claudiney Melquiades Rodrigues, Nelson Monteiro Vaz, Cláudia Rocha Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Clinical and Developmental Immunology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/293625