Immune Compound Blocks Virus’ Hijacking Of Antibodies

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that a controversial phenomenon known as antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) of infection is suppressed by C1q, a blood borne immune system compound. The link may give researchers the lead they need to begin untangling a snarl of evidence from decades of puzzling epidemiological and laboratory-based studies of ADE. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Immune System / Vaccines on December 15th, 2007