Immunopharmacology model

 

Delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) is a low invasive model based on the induction of local cellular immune responses.

This NHP model is reliable for the preclinical evaluation of cell-mediated immunity of biological drugs and non clinical immunotoxicity evaluation.

 

Model

  • Species: Cynomolgus macaque (Macaca fascicularis)
  • Model induced by KLH, Tetanus-based vaccine (TTx), BCG

Type of test item

  • Immunosuppressive agents
  • Immunomodulatory drugs
  • Vaccines / adjuvants

Efficacy read-outs

  • Clinical reactions at the injection sites (proprietary scoring grid)
  • Clinical pathology
  • Cutaneous reaction : morphological readouts, histopathology, immunohistochemistry
  • Immunomonitoring
  • On-demand and customized readouts

 

Scientific publications

  • Développement préclinique des immunothérapies : apport des modèles PNH. Verset M, Mosca M, Panzuti P, Contamin H, Pin D. STAL. 2018, 46(2): 12-16.
  • Preclinical development of immunotherapies for infectious diseases: relevance of the Non-Human Primate. Verset M, Contamin H. I4ID congress, 2017, 11-12 Dec. 2017, Lyon.
  • Développement préclinique des immunothérapies : apport des modèles PNH. Verset M et al. 43ème colloque AFSTAL, 7-9 Juin 2017, Lyon.