Synthetic melanin bound to subunit vaccine antigens significantly enhances CD8+ T-cell responses.

Synthetic melanin bound to subunit vaccine antigens significantly enhances CD8+ T-cell responses.

Cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTLs) play a key role in immunity against cancer; however, the induction of CTL responses with currently available vaccines remains difficult. Because several reports have suggested that pigmentation and immunity might be functionally linked, we investigated whether melanin...

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Main Authors: Antoine F Carpentier, Frédéric Geinguenaud, Thi Tran, Floraly Sejalon, Antoine Martin, Laurence Motte, Eric Tartour, Claire Banissi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5513539?pdf=render

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