Azizi, Mahdieh

Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

[ 1 ] - Study of the immune adjuvant effect of chitin microparticles on plasma levels of IgG1 and IgG2a during immunization against Leishmania infection in BALB/c mice

Background: There are reports on the ability of chitin microparticles to modulate the TH1 and TH2 responses, depending on the size and administration route. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the immunoadjuvant effects of the small-sized (less than 40 microns) chitin microparticles (CMP) in vaccination against Leishmania major for preventing leishmaniasis in BALB /c mice by ...