Aging and immunoglobulin isotype patterns in oral tolerance
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Aging and immunoglobulin isotype patterns in oral tolerance.
In the present review we address oral tolerance as an important biological phenomenon and discuss how it is affected by aging. Other factors such as frequency of feeding and previous digestion of the antigen also seem to influence the establishment of oral tolerance. We also analyze immunoglobulin isotypes of specific antibodies formed by tolerant and immunized animals of different ages submitt...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0100-879X
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x1998000100005