PMID: 616743Jan 1, 1977Paper

Interaction of intracellular proteases and immune mechanisms

Acta biologica et medica Germanica
J StefanovicI Murgasová

Abstract

Intracellular proteases play an important role both in nonspecific and specific immune reactions. Results concerning the interaction of these enzymes with phagocytic factors responsible for killing microorganisms are presented. In inflammatory foci, proteases released from destroyed leukocytes have been found to modify the function of antibodies present. They particularly reduce their complement fixation activity. Macrophages with differing proteolytic activity demonstrated diverse effects on the formation of antibodies tested by Jerne's plaque technique in young rabbits immunized with sheep erythrocytes. Whereas alveolar macrophages diminished antigen immunogenicity, peritoneal macrophages enhanced it.

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