| Literature DB >> 4159522 |
A L Notkins, S E Mergenhagen, A A Rizzo, C Scheele, T A Waldmann.
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Infection of mice with the lactic dehydrogenase virus (LDV) resulted in an elevated level of gamma-globulin. Histologic examination of the spleen and lymph nodes revealed that the number of germinal centers was greatly increased. Immunization with human gamma-globulin showed that the capacity of the virus-infected animal to produce anti-human gamma-globulin was greatly enhanced and that the virus acted as an adjuvant. From these experiments it is concluded that a virus infection (LDV) can affect the immunologic response of the host to a heterologous antigen.Entities:
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Year: 1966 PMID: 4159522 PMCID: PMC2138136 DOI: 10.1084/jem.123.2.347
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Exp Med ISSN: 0022-1007 Impact factor: 14.307