Publication Date:
1983-08-26
Description:
Anti-idiotype reagents that recognize a common idiotype associated with the combining site of antibodies to hepatitis B surface antigen (anti-HBs) were used to manipulate the immune response to hepatitis B surface antigen in BALB/c mice. The injection of antibodies to the idiotype before antigenic stimulation resulted in an increase in the number of cells secreting immunoglobulin M antibodies to hepatitis B surface antigen. Anti-HBs-secreting cells were also induced by administration of antibodies to the idiotype without subsequent antigen exposure. These findings indicate that the immune response to hepatitis B surface antigen in mice is regulated through an idiotype-anti-idiotype network.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kennedy, R C -- Adler-Storthz, K -- Henkel, R D -- Sanchez, Y -- Melnick, J L -- Dreesman, G R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1983 Aug 26;221(4613):853-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6603657" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic/immunology
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Antibodies, Viral/*biosynthesis
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Hepatitis B Antibodies/*biosynthesis
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Hepatitis B Surface Antigens/*immunology
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Immunoglobulin G/biosynthesis
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Immunoglobulin Idiotypes/immunology
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Immunoglobulin M/biosynthesis
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Mice
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Spleen/immunology
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Time Factors
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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