| Literature DB >> 28551717 |
Ciara Ordoñez1,2, Musharaf Tarajia1,2, René Rivera3, Dilcia Sambrano1, Victoria Batista1, Mónica Chávez4, Denis Tapia4, Patricia L Fernández3, Amador Goodridge5.
Abstract
The cellular immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection has been well characterized, while the humoral antibody response remains underexplored. We aimed to examine the total and anti-phospholipid IgM levels in the pleural lavage from mice with Mycobacterium bovis BCG extrapulmonary infection. We found that the levels of total and anti-phosphatidylcholine IgM antibodies remained significantly higher in infected mice as compared to non-infected mice up to day 90 after BCG infection, while the anti-cardiolipin IgM antibody levels decreased with bacteria clearance. Our findings suggest that IgM antibodies are secreted and their composition vary during early and late immune response to BCG pleurisy.Entities:
Keywords: Anti-phospholipid IgM; Biomarkers; Extrapulmonary tuberculosis; Total IgM antibody
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28551717 DOI: 10.1007/s00408-017-0019-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lung ISSN: 0341-2040 Impact factor: 2.584