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Efficacy of oral immunotherapy with a rice-based edible vaccine containing hypoallergenic Japanese cedar pollen allergens for treatment of established allergic conjunctivitis in mice
Author(s) -
Ken Fukuda,
Waka Ishida,
Yosuke Harada,
Yuhya Wakasa,
Hidenori Takagi,
Fumio Takaiwa,
Atsuki Fukushima
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
allergology international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.49
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1440-1592
pISSN - 1323-8930
DOI - 10.1016/j.alit.2017.06.006
Subject(s) - hypoallergenic , medicine , allergic conjunctivitis , immunology , spleen , oral immunotherapy , allergy , immunotherapy , splenocyte , genetically modified rice , pollen , lymph , transgene , food allergy , immune system , allergen , biology , genetically modified crops , pathology , botany , biochemistry , gene
We have previously shown that prophylactic oral administration of transgenic rice seeds expressing hypoallergenic modified antigens suppressed the development of allergic conjunctivitis induced by Japanese cedar pollen. We have now investigated the efficacy of oral immunotherapy with such transgenic rice for established allergic conjunctivitis in mice.

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