Polymeric synthetic nanoparticles for the induction of antigen-specific immunological tolerance.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
; 112(2): E156-65, 2015 Jan 13.
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Current treatments to control pathological or unwanted immune responses often use broadly immunosuppressive drugs. New approaches to induce antigen-specific immunological tolerance that control both cellular and humoral immune responses are desirable. Here we describe the use of synthetic, biodegradable nanoparticles carrying either protein or peptide antigens and a tolerogenic immunomodulator, rapamycin, to induce durable and antigen-specific immune tolerance, even in the presence of potent Toll-like receptor agonists. Treatment with tolerogenic nanoparticles results in the inhibition of CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell activation, an increase in regulatory cells, durable B-cell tolerance resistant to multiple immunogenic challenges, and the inhibition of antigen-specific hypersensitivity reactions, relapsing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, and antibody responses against coagulation factor VIII in hemophilia A mice, even in animals previously sensitized to antigen. Only encapsulated rapamycin, not the free form, could induce immunological tolerance. Tolerogenic nanoparticle therapy represents a potential novel approach for the treatment of allergies, autoimmune diseases, and prevention of antidrug antibodies against biologic therapies.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Terapia de Inmunosupresión
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Nanopartículas
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Tolerancia Inmunológica
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Antígenos
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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En
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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2015
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Article
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Estados Unidos