Publication Date:
1984-12-14
Description:
A monoclonal anti-idiotope antibody coupled to a carrier protein was used to immunize BALB/c mice against a lethal Streptococcus pneumoniae infection. Vaccinated mice developed a high titer of antibody to phosphorylcholine, which is known to protect against infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae. Measurement of the median lethal dose of the bacteria indicated that anti-idiotope immunization significantly increased the resistance of BALB/c mice to the bacterial challenge. Antibody to an idiotope can thus be used as an antigen substitute for the induction of protective immunity.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉McNamara, M K -- Ward, R E -- Kohler, H -- AG04180/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1984 Dec 14;226(4680):1325-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6505692" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Antibodies, Monoclonal
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Bacterial Vaccines
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Immunoglobulin Idiotypes/*immunology
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Mice
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Mice, Inbred BALB C
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Phosphorylcholine/immunology
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Pneumococcal Infections/*prevention & control
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Streptococcus pneumoniae/immunology
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*Vaccination
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
