INVIVO TREATMENT WITH A MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODY TO INTERFERON-GAMMA NEITHER AFFECTS THE SURVIVAL NOR THE INCIDENCE OF LUPUS-NEPHRITIS IN THE MRL/LPR-LPR MOUSE

被引:25
作者
NICOLETTI, F
MERONI, P
DIMARCO, R
BARCELLINI, W
BORGHI, MO
GARIGLIO, M
MATTINA, A
GRASSO, S
LANDOLFO, S
机构
[1] UNIV MILAN,INST INTERNAL MED INFECT DIS & IMMUNOPATHOL,I-20122 MILAN,ITALY
[2] UNIV TURIN,DEPT MED PATHOL & METAB DIS 2,I-10124 TURIN,ITALY
[3] UNIV CATANIA,DEPT PATHOL,I-95124 CATANIA,ITALY
[4] UNIV TURIN,INST MICROBIOL & VIROL,I-10124 TURIN,ITALY
来源
IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY | 1992年 / 24卷 / 01期
关键词
IFN-GAMMA; ANTI-GAMMA-IFN MAB; MRL-LPR MOUSE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE;
D O I
10.1016/0162-3109(92)90064-J
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
The effects of the in vivo treatment with a mAb (DB-1) that neutralizes mouse IFN-gamma on the development of the SLE-like syndrome in MRL/1pr-1pr (MRL-1pr) mice were studied. The results show that the i.p. administration of 2.6 mg/week of DB-1 from the 12th to the 20th week of age neither affected the survival nor the incidence and severity of lupus nephritis in MRL-1pr mice. This study argues against the pathogenic relevance of IFN-gamma in this experimental model of human SLE.
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