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2003 NOV 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers suggest that natural autoantibodies can function as tools to predict the outcome of immune response in a recent issue of the Scandinavian Journal of Immunology.
According to a study from the United States, "Natural autoantibodies (NAbs), produced by B-1 B-cells, are directed against autoantigens and pathogens. NAbs can capture and present antigen to T helper cells thereby initiating adaptive immunities."
"It is proposed that screening for NAbs against pathogens will predict the strength of an antigen-induced immune response and could be used as a tool for vaccine development," said Heinz Kohler and colleagues at the University of Kentucky.
Kohler and his coauthors published their ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Natural autoantibodies can predict the outcome of immune response.