The absence of gut flora, the doses of antigen ingested and aging affect the long-term peripheral tolerance induced by ovalbumin feeding in mice

Research in Immunology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-59

  Moreau, M C ^a   Gaboriau Routhiau, V ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

age, gut flora, mouse persistence of peripheral oral tolerance; immunotolerance, ovalbumin, IgG, IgE

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; OVALBUMIN;

AGING; ALLERGY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INTESTINE FLORA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029916216     PISSN: 09232494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0923-2494(96)81548-3     Document Type: Article

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