EFFECT OF ANTI-INTERFERON-GAMMA AND ANTI-INTERLEUKIN-2 MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODY TREATMENT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACTIVELY AND PASSIVELY INDUCED EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS IN THE SJL/J MOUSE
EFFECT OF ANTI-INTERFERON-GAMMA AND ANTI-INTERLEUKIN-2 MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODY TREATMENT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACTIVELY AND PASSIVELY INDUCED EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS IN THE SJL/J MOUSE
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DOI:
10.1016/0165-5728(92)90042-j
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发表时间:
1992-02-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
STREJAN, GH
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作者:
DUONG, TT;STLOUIS, J;STREJAN, GH
SJI./J mice challenged with myelin basic protein (MBP) in complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA developed only mild chronic-relapsing experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) with very low incidence. However, treatment of challenged mice with anti-interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) monoclonal antibody (mAb) determined severe disease in all cases. Similarly, in passive EAE, the addition of anti-IFN-gamma to the in vitro MBP-activated cells at the time of transfer led to significant disease exacerbation in all recipients. The disease enhancing effect was observed only when the mAb was given at the time of active challenge or of passive transfer, but not at later times. Anti-interleukin-2 (IL-2) antibody had only a marginal effect in the active induction, but drastically reduced the manifestations of passive EAE, even when mixed with a disease-enhancing dose of anti-IFN-gamma. These findings support the notion that IL-2 is required for disease induction whereas IFN-gamma plays a disease-limiting role early in the development of EAE.