DECOMPLEMENTATION BY COBRA VENOM FACTOR SUPPRESSES YERSINIA-INDUCED ARTHRITIS IN RATS

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作者
GAEDE, KI [1 ]
BAUMEISTER, E [1 ]
HEESEMANN, J [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV WURZBURG, INST HYG & MICROBIOL, D-97080 WURZBURG, GERMANY
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10.1128/IAI.63.9.3697-3701.1995
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
Lewis rats experimentally infected with Yersinia enterocolitica O8 develop Yersinia-induced arthritis (YIA), which resembles very much reactive arthritis in humans. To investigate the involvement of serum complement in induction and maintenance of YIA, we decomplementated Yersinia-infected Lewis rats by treatment with cobra venom factor starting on day 7 after infection (prearthritic state). Reduction of serum complement activity in vivo by cobra venom factor treatment coincided with suppression of YIA clinically and histomorphologically.
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