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Achievement of a synergistic adjuvant effect on arthritis induction by activation of innate immunity and forcing the immune response toward the Th1 phenotype.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 May 2004
Hanyecz Anita, Berlo Suzanne E, Szántó Sándor, Broeren Chris P M, Mikecz Katalin, Glant Tibor T
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OBJECTIVE: To apply and analyze the mechanisms of action of dimethyldioctadecylammonium bromide (DDA), a powerful adjuvant that does not have the side effects of the conventionally used Freund's adjuvants, in proteoglycan-induced arthritis (PGIA) and collagen-induced arthritis (CIA). METHODS: PGIA and CIA were generated using standard immunization protocols with cartilage proteoglycan aggrecan (PG) or human type...
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