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The aim of this work was to assay H7 flagellin as a mucosal vaccine candidate to prevent the systemic complications secondary to E. coli<\/jats:italic> O157:H7 infections.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Materials and methods<\/jats:title>The cellular and humoral immune response after H7 nasal immunization in mice were studied by the analysis of systemic and intestinal specific antibody production, as well as cytokine production and lymphocyte proliferation against H7 flagellin ex vivo.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>Immunized mice developed a strong and specific anti-H7 IgG and IgA response, at systemic and mucosal level, as well as a cellular Th1\/Th2\/Th17 response. H7 induced activation of bone marrow derived dendritic cells in vitro<\/jats:italic> and a significant delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) response in immunized mice. Most relevant, immunized mice were completely protected against the challenge with an E. coli<\/jats:italic> O157:H7 virulent strain in vivo<\/jats:italic>, and surviving mice presented high titres of anti-H7 and Stx antibodies.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Discussion<\/jats:title>These results suggest that immunization avoids HUS outcome and allows to elicit a specific immune response against other virulence factors.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fcimb.2023.1143918","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,16]],"date-time":"2023-05-16T05:32:07Z","timestamp":1684215127000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Nasal immunization with H7 flagellin protects mice against hemolytic uremic syndrome secondary to Escherichia coli O157:H7 gastrointestinal infection"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Alan Mauro","family":"Bernal","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fernando Nicol\u00e1s","family":"Sosa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mar\u00eda Florencia","family":"Todero","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Daniela Romina","family":"Montagna","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"M\u00f3nica Elba","family":"Vermeulen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Romina Jimena","family":"Fern\u00e1ndez-Brando","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mar\u00eda Victoria","family":"Ramos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Agustina Juliana","family":"Errea","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Martin","family":"Rumbo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Marina Sandra","family":"Palermo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"4984","DOI":"10.4049\/jimmunol.171.10.4984","article-title":"Cutting edge: different toll-like receptor agonists instruct dendritic cells to induce distinct Th responses via differential modulation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase-mitogen-activated protein c-fos","volume":"171","author":"Agrawal","year":"2003","journal-title":"J. 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