PMID: 6171951Jan 1, 1981Paper

Agglutination antibody responses to Trypanosoma gambiense homogenate in mice treated with dextran sulfate 500 and carrageenan

Zentralblatt Für Bakteriologie, Mikrobiologie, Und Hygiene. Series A, Medical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, Virology, Parasitology
M OkaY Oka

Abstract

Dextran sulfate 500 and carrageenan, sulfated polysaccharides, have been considered as macrophage-toxic giving profound effects on the immune response. This work deals with agglutination antibody responses to T. gambiense homogenate in mice treated with dextran sulfate 500 and carrageenan. Antibody responses to the first immunization were suppressed in mice treated with the agents before the first immunization but reverse was the case with the response to the second immunization. These suppression and enhancement appeared to be dependent on the timing of treatment in regard to the time of the first immunization. The enhanced antibody response was abolished by either treating the mice with anti-thymocyte serum or transferring of spleen cells treated with anti-thymocyte serum into mice. Thus, the enhancement of antibody response is seemingly attributable for the most part to potent memory T cells induced by treatment with the agents.

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