Aging and immunoglobulin isotype patterns in oral tolerance

In the present review we address oral tolerance as an important biological phenomenon and discuss how it is affected by aging. Other factors such as frequency of feeding and previous digestion of the antigen also seem to influence the establishment of oral tolerance. We also analyze immunoglobulin i...

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Main Authors: A.M.C. Faria, S.M. Ficker, E. Speziali, J.S. Menezes, B. Stransky, B.A. Verdolin, W.M. Lahmann, V.S. Rodrigues, N.M. Vaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 1998-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Subjects:
gut
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X1998000100005