How Alum adjuvant boost antigenic response

In this edition, I discuss the recent paper of Kool et al submitted to JEM, and where the authors evaluate the effect of aluminum adjuvant in antigen response. The authors found thad adjuvant mix results in the mobilization of phagocytes and monocytes to the peritoneal cavity upon i.p. injection of antigen, boosting antigen specific T cell response in the draining lymph nodes The most important observation found by authors was that inflammatory monocytes mobilized by adjuvant differentiate into matured dendritic cells and such cells are key elements in the antigen T cell response. A great reading... For reference please check the mouse lymph node localizations on this link. See you soon and have a nice listening