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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 182, Issue 9, Pages 5268-5275Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0800681
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- National Institutes of Health [R01 AI/NS 42949]
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society [RG 2411]
- Fondo de Investigacion Sanitaria [BAE 00/5030, 01/5037]
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III
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Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis is induced in B10.PL (H-2(u)) mice by immunization with the immunodominant N-terminal epitope of myelin basic protein, Ac1-9. In the present study, we show that the site of immunization impacts disease incidence and severity. This effect is more marked in female mice than in males. Although immunization in the flanks is effective in eliciting disease, delivery of Ag in the footpad and tailbase results in poor induction. Analyses of the immune responses in female mice following different immunization regimens indicates that resistance to disease is accompanied by higher levels of IFN-gamma and CD11b(+)Gr-1(int) myeloid cells. Such myeloid cells are known to have a suppressive function, and consistent with this knowledge, blockade of IFN-gamma results in increased disease activity. and decreased levels of splenic CD11b(+)Gr-1(int) cells. Conversely, injection of adjuvants (CFA or Pam(3)CSK(4)) in the footpad decreases experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis incidence and severity. Our study indicates that the site of immunization can impact the magnitude of the ensuing inflammatory response, and that at a certain threshold a protective, regulatory circuit can be elicited. The Journal of Immunology, 2009, 182: 5268-5275.
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