IL-18 potentiates the adjuvant properties of IL-12 in the induction of a strong Th1 type immune response against a recombinant antigen

Eberl, Matthias ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9390-5348, Beck, E., Coulson, P.S., Okamura, H., Wilson, R. A. and Mountford, A. P. 2000. IL-18 potentiates the adjuvant properties of IL-12 in the induction of a strong Th1 type immune response against a recombinant antigen. Vaccine 18 (19) , pp. 2002-2008. 10.1016/s0264-410x(99)00532-0

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Abstract

Due to the synergistic effects of IL-12 and IL-18, and to their importance in establishing a Th1 type immune response, we investigated the potential of a combined administration of both cytokines as an adjuvant for recombinant antigens. As a model system, we used a schistosome T cell antigen recently identified in our group. By co-adsorption of this antigen on alum in the presence of IL-12 and IL-18, we demonstrate that IL-18 enhances the effects of IL-12 in inducing an antigen-specific Th1 type CD4(+) T cell response as well as high titres of IgG1, IgG2a, and IgG2b antibodies.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Medicine Research Institutes & Centres > Systems Immunity Research Institute (SIURI)
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RZ Other systems of medicine
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0264-410X
Last Modified:	27 Oct 2022 09:01
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/64139

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