QUANTITATION OF BLOOD-LYMPHOCYTES SECRETING ANTIBODIES TO PNEUMOCOCCAL POLYSACCHARIDES AFTER INVIVO ANTIGENIC-STIMULATION

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作者
HEILMANN, C
PEDERSEN, FK
机构
[1] UNIV COPENHAGEN, DEPT PAEDIAT, DK-2200 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
[2] STATENS SERUM INST, WHO, COLLABORATING CTR REFERENCE & RES PNEUMOCOCCI, DK-2300 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
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D O I
10.1111/j.1365-3083.1986.tb01957.x
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
An indirect plaque-forming cell assay detecting B cells secreting IgM, IgG and IgA antibodies against pneumococcal polysaccharides (PPS) is described. The numbers of anti-PPS-secreting cells (SC) and Ig-SC in the blood of normal persons immunized with a polyvalent PPS vaccine were quantitated. Anti-PPS-SC were recorded from the fourth to the twelfth post-vaccination day, and the maximum number was found between days 6 and 9. Quantitatively IgA anti-PPS-SC outnumbered the IgM and IgG anti-PPS-SC. Concomitant with the increase in the numbers of antibody-SC an increase in polyclonally activated IgM-, IgG- and IgA-SC was recorded. The specific anti-PPS-antibody-SC constituted 20-80% of the total numbers of Ig-SC from the sixth to the ninth post-vaccination day.
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