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Induction of mucosal tolerance to E-selectin prevents ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in spontaneously hypertensive genetically stroke-prone rats.
Stroke - 1 Sept 2002
Takeda Hidetaka, Spatz Maria, Ruetzler Christl, McCarron Richard, Becker Kyra, Hallenbeck John
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Inflammatory and immune mechanisms can precipitate cerebrovascular thrombosis and hemorrhage. Immunologic tolerance can be induced to a specific antigen by intranasal instillation of that antigen. Lymphocytes tolerized in this way provide local immunosuppression on restimulation with the same antigen. This study tests whether tolerization of lymphocytes to E-selectin can suppress local...
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