Vaccines rely on immune modulation or augmentation.
FTY270 was further verified in clinical tests to have roles in immune modulation, such as that on multiple sclerosis.
Review series on helminths, immune modulation and the hygiene hypothesis: How might infection modulate the onset of type 1 diabetes?
"Review series on helminths, immune modulation and the hygiene hypothesis: The broader implications of the hygiene hypothesis."
The details of parasite immune modulation are not yet known, but may include secretion of anti-inflammatory agents or interference with the host immune signaling.
However, as a SCITT agent, it appears to over step the required immune modulation, placing patients at unnecessary risk.
Triptolide has multiple pharmacological activities including anti-inflammatory, immune modulation, antiproliferative and proapoptotic activity.
There is now sufficient data to conclude that immune modulation by psychosocial stressors and/or interventions can lead to actual health changes.
MHC class II molecules in tumor immunology: prognostic marker and target for immune modulation.
Background The cytokine interleukin-2 (IL-2) has been used extensively as a single agent for immune modulation of the host in cancer therapy [ 1, 2].