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Oral tolerance as therapy for experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and multiple sclerosis: demonstration of T cell anergy.
Immunology and cell biology - 1 Feb 1998
Jewell S D, Gienapp I E, Cox K L, Whitacre C C
Abstract excerpt
Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is an important model for developing therapies for multiple sclerosis (MS). The oral administration of the central nervous system antigen, myelin basic protein (MBP), to Lewis rats and susceptible mouse strains prior to MBP immunization prevents the induction of EAE. Clinical trials administering myelin orally to MS patients have met with only partial success, and...
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