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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-2-25
pubmed:abstractText
Recently, we demonstrated that lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-hyporesponsive C3H/HeJ mice show a very high background number of splenic antibody-forming cells with specificity for bromelain-treated isologous erythrocytes. This background level was not or only slightly enhanced by LPS injection. In this paper it is reported that the existing response of C3H/HeJ mice is about doubled by treatment of the animals with cobra venom factor (CVF). This increase is very similar to the LPS-induced potentiation of the auto-antibody response of C3H/Tif and other LPS-responder mice. The absence of auto-antibodies in the sera of CVF-treated C3H/HeJ mice, however, points at a different mechanism of B cell activation. The mediation of the CVF-induced stimulation of the B cells of C3H/HeJ mice by covalent C3-glycoprotein complexes and the need for an additional stimulus is discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0020-5915
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
96
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
113-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Induction of auto-antibody formation in C3H/HeJ mice by cobra venom factor.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Microbiology, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study