DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Argos Therapeutics today announced the presentation of data on the immunosuppressive properties of soluble CD83 at the 7th Joint American Transplant meeting to be held in San Francisco, May 5-9. The presentations will be made in collaboration with scientists at the University of Western Ontario.
“These data suggest that soluble CD83 is able to extend graft survival in transplantation, and that it can also act synergistically with other immunosuppressive agents,” commented Dr. Stephen Brand, Director of Biotherapeutics at Argos Therapeutics. “sCD83 appears to be able to maintain antigen presenting cells in an immature state, and these immunologically tolerant cells favor regulatory T-cell generation because they are less effective in activating naïve T and B cells.”
