| Literature DB >> 10877454 |
K Kawazu1, M Kurokawa, K Asano, A Mita, M Adachi.
Abstract
The influence of roxithromycin (RXM) on the expression of co-stimulatory molecules, CD40, CD80 and CD86, was examined in vivo. When BALB/c mice were immunized intraperitoneally with two doses of dinitrophenylated ovalbumin (DNP-OVA) at 1 week intervals, intraperitoneal administration of RXM at 250 microg/kg once a day for 14 days strongly suppressed IgE contents in sera obtained from mice 22 days after the first immunization. In addition, RXM treatment of mice suppressed endogenous IL-4 contents in aqueous spleen extracts, which were enhanced by DNP-OVA immunization. We next examined the influence of RXM on co-stimulatory molecule expression on splenic lymphocytes. RXM treatment of the immunized mice caused suppression of CD40 expression, but this treatment did not affect CD80 and CD86 expression.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 10877454 PMCID: PMC1781739 DOI: 10.1080/09629350050024375
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mediators Inflamm ISSN: 0962-9351 Impact factor: 4.711