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Oral tolerization with peptide 336-351 linked to cholera toxin B subunit in preventing relapses of uveitis in Behcet's disease.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Jul 2004
Stanford M, Whittall T, Bergmeier L A, Lindblad M, Lundin S, Shinnick T, Mizushima Y, Holmgren J, Lehner T
Abstract excerpt
Behcet's disease (BD) specific peptide (p336-351) was identified within the human 60 kD heat shock protein (HSP60). Oral p336-351 induced uveitis in rats which was prevented by oral tolerization with the peptide linked to recombinant cholera toxin B subunit (CTB). This strategy was adopted in a phase I/II clinical trial by oral administration of p336-351-CTB, 3 times weekly, followed by gradual withdrawal of all...
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