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  • Title: Characterization of adaptive immune responses induced by a new genetically inactivated Salmonella Enteritidis vaccine.
    Author: Jawale CV, Lee JH.
    Journal: Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis; 2014 May; 37(3):159-67. PubMed ID: 24878070.
    Abstract:
    The superior conservation of antigenic determinants on the surface of genetically inactivated bacterial ghosts makes them attractive immunogenic inactivated vaccine candidates. The efficacy of Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) ghost vaccination was evaluated in chickens by characterizing the nature of the adaptive immune response. Chickens from the immunized group demonstrated significant increases in SE-specific plasma IgG, intestinal secretory IgA, and lymphocyte proliferative response. The populations of CD4, CD8, and TCR γδ T-cells in immunized chickens were significantly greater than in the controls. Increased levels of IFN-γ, IL-2, IL-6 and IL-10 were observed in peripheral blood mononuclear cells stimulated with SE specific antigen. After virulent SE challenge, the immune system of immunized chickens was rapidly stimulated, as indicated by significantly increased population of CD4 and CD8 T-cells. Furthermore, the immunized group exhibited decreased challenge strain recovery of the internal organs compared to the non-immunized group. Together, these data indicate that the immunization induced humoral and cell-mediated immunity might be responsible for significant reduction of the virulent challenge strain load in the internal organs of immunized chickens.
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