Profilaxis post-exposición contra la enfermedad priónica con un estimulador de la inmunidad innata

Shneh Sethi1, Grayson Lipford, Hermann Wagner

  • 1Institute of Neuropathology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 81377 München, Germany.

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Resumen

Los oligodeoxinucleótidos de CpG, estimulantes inmunológicos, prolongaron significativamente la supervivencia en ratones expuestos a priones. Esta terapia de postexposición ofrece una nueva estrategia potencial para la profilaxis de la enfermedad priónica.

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