title: Could specific oral tolerance be a therapy for autoimmune disease?
abstract: Several experimental autoimmune diseases have been successfully suppressed by the induction of specific oral tolerance. Here, Stephen Thompson and Norman Staines review the nature and mechanisms of this form of tolerance and discuss its possible applications in the control of human autoimmune diseases.
authors.affiliation: Immunology Section, King's College London, UK.
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Staines
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance / Q000276:immunology*; D007114:Immunization / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D001324:Autoantigens