| Literature DB >> 7252411 |
D E Briles, M Nahm, K Schroer, J Davie, P Baker, J Kearney, R Barletta.
Abstract
The antiphosphocholine (PC) antibody in normal mouse sera (NMS) provides protection against intravenous infection with encapsulated strain WU2 of type 3 Streptococcus pneumoniae. Mice unable to make anti-PC antibody, as a result of suppression with anti-T-15 idiotype or inheritance of the xid gene of CAB/N mice, are highly susceptible to infection with strain WU2. Mice inheriting the xid gene can be protected with NMS from immunologically normal mice or with IgM hybridoma anti-PC antibody. The protective effect of NMS can be removed with PC-containing immunoabsorbents.Entities:
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Year: 1981 PMID: 7252411 PMCID: PMC2186108 DOI: 10.1084/jem.153.3.694
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Exp Med ISSN: 0022-1007 Impact factor: 14.307