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ArticleClinical and experimental immunology2011

The effects of Mycobacteria vaccae derivative on allergen-specific responses in children with atopic dermatitis.

J A Dunstan, S Brothers, J Bauer, M Hodder, M M Jaksic, M I Asher, S L Prescott

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Article in Clinical and experimental immunology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Interventions to reduce Staphylococcus aureus in the management of eczema.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

J A DunstanUniversity of Western Australia, School of Paediatrics and Child Health Research, Perth, WA, Australia.
S Brothers
J Bauer
M Hodder
M M Jaksic
M I Asher
S L Prescott
University of Western Australia · AUUniversity of Auckland · NZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The capacity of microbial products to inhibit allergic inflammation make them logical candidates for novel therapies in allergic diseases such as atopic dermatitis. To assess the effects of intradermal Mycobacterium vaccae derivative on allergen-specific immune responses in children with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were isolated from children aged 5-16 years who received intradermal injections of M. vaccae derivative AVAC(TM) (n = 26) or placebo (n = 34) three times at 2-weekly intervals, weeks 0, 2 and 4. Cytokine [interleukin (IL)-13, interferon (IFN)-γ and IL-10] responses to allergen [house dust mite (HDM)], mitogen [phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)], Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) and Toll-like receptor (TLR) ligands were assessed. At week 8 (1 month after all injections given) children in the AVAC group showed a significant increase in IL-10 (P = 0·009), T helper type 1 (Th1) IFN-γ (P = 0·017) and Th2 IL-13 (P = 0·004) responses to HDM compared with baseline (week 0). There were no significant changes in any cytokine production in the placebo. HDM-specific IL-10 responses remained significantly higher (P = 0·014) than at baseline in the AVAC group by week 12; however, the HDM-specific IL-13 and IFN-γ responses were no longer significantly different from baseline. IL-13 (r = 0·46, P < 0·001) and IL-10 (r = 0·27, P = 0·044) responses to HDM were correlated with total immunoglobulin E but not with disease severity. There were no effects of AVAC on mitogen, SEB, TLR-2- or TLR-4-mediated responses. This M. vaccae derivative appeared to modulate responses to HDM selectively, suggesting the capacity for in vivo effects on allergen-specific immune responses.

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AdolescentAnimalsAntigens, BacterialAntigens, DermatophagoidesCells, CulturedChildChild, PreschoolCytokinesDermatitis, AtopicDisease ProgressionFemaleHumansImmunoglobulin EInjections, IntradermalMaleMycobacteriaceaeAntigens, BacterialAntigens, DermatophagoidesCytokinesImmunoglobulin E

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PMID21413940
PMCPMC3087927
OpenAlexW1818366070

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