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ArticleJournal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society2017

Co-delivery of autoantigen and dexamethasone in incomplete Freund's adjuvant ameliorates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.

Laura Northrup, J Daniel Griffin, Matthew A Christopher, Lorena R Antunez, Brittany L Hartwell, Chad J Pickens, Cory Berkland

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Article in Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. PEGylation enables subcutaneously administered nanoparticles to induce antigen-specific immune tolerance.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Laura NorthrupDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States.
J Daniel GriffinBioengineering Graduate Program, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States.
Matthew A ChristopherDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States.
Lorena R AntunezDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States.
Brittany L HartwellBioengineering Graduate Program, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States.
Chad J PickensDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States.
Cory BerklandDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States; Bioengineering Graduate Program, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States; Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States. Electronic address: berkland@ku.edu.
University of Kansas · US

Funding

PHARMACEUTICAL ASPECTS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY TRAININGT32GM008359 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE · PI SIAHAAN, TERUNA J., VOLKIN, DAVID · 1989 to 2018
$5.0M
TRAINING GRANT IN DYNAMIC ASPECTS OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGYT32GM008545 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE · PI LAMB, AUDREY L · 1994 to 2019
$4.9M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008359NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008545
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current therapies for autoimmune diseases focus on treating the symptoms rather than the underlying disease cause. A major setback in improving current therapeutics for autoimmunity is the lack of antigen specificity. Successful antigen-specific immunotherapy (ASIT) would allow for improved treatment of autoimmune diseases. In this work, dexamethasone was co-delivered with autoantigen (PLP) in vivo to create effective ASIT for the treatment of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). Using an emulsion of incomplete Freund's adjuvant (IFA) as a co-delivery vehicle, it was discovered that the controlled release of autoantigen was important for the suppression of clinical disease symptoms. Analysis of the immune response via cytokines revealed that dexamethasone was important for shifting the immune response away from inflammation. Co-delivery of both autoantigen and dexamethasone increased B-cell populations and antibody production, signifying an increased humoral immune response. Overall, this data indicated that the co-delivery of PLP and dexamethasone with a water-in-oil emulsion is effective in treating a murine autoimmune model.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibody FormationAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAutoantigensB-LymphocytesCytokinesDexamethasoneEncephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, ExperimentalFemaleFreund's AdjuvantImmunologic FactorsLipidsMiceMyelin Proteolipid ProteinPeptide FragmentsSpleenAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAutoantigensCytokinesDexamethasoneFreund's AdjuvantImmunologic Factorsincomplete Freund's adjuvantLipidsMyelin Proteolipid Proteinmyelin proteolipid protein (139-151)Peptide FragmentsAntigen-specific immunotherapyCo-deliveryDexamethasoneExperimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE)Incomplete Freund's adjuvant (IFA)Proteolipid protein (PLP)

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PMID28963036
PMCPMC5723532
OpenAlexW2760780358

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