Tregitope Peptides: The Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient of IVIG?

Five years ago, we reported the identification and characterization of several regulatory T-cell epitopes (now called Tregitopes) that were discovered in the heavy and light chains of IgG (De Groot et al. Blood, 2008). When added ex vivo to human PBMCs, these Tregitopes activated regulatory T cells...

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Main Authors: Anne S. De Groot, Leslie Cousens, Federico Mingozzi, William Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Clinical and Developmental Immunology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/493138