BOVINE ANTIGENS AND THE FORMATION OF CIRCULATING IMMUNE-COMPLEXES IN SELECTIVE IMMUNOGLOBULIN-A DEFICIENCY
BOVINE ANTIGENS AND THE FORMATION OF CIRCULATING IMMUNE-COMPLEXES IN SELECTIVE IMMUNOGLOBULIN-A DEFICIENCY
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DOI:
10.1172/jci109448
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
影响因子:
15.9
通讯作者:
DAY, NK
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作者:
CUNNINGHAMRUNDLES, C;BRANDEIS, WE;DAY, NK
Levels of circulating immune complexes are apparently closely associated with the presence of precipitating antibodies to bovine milk proteins in individuals with selective immunoglobin (Ig)A deficiency. To test whether milk proteins are involved in immune complex formation, sera of 7 IgA-deficient individuals were studied for the appearance of complexes after milk ingestion. In 3 of the 7, an initial fall in the level of complexes was followed by an increasing value, which peaked at 120-150 min. In another 3, there was a tendency toward the formation of 2 peaks of complexes, the 1st at 30-60 min and the 2nd at 120-150 min after drinking milk. One subject, who had had recent treatment for 2 separate neoplasms, had a steady level of complexes that did not change during the course of this test. After drinking milk, the MW of the complexes found in the sera of 1 individual at the start of the milk test fell from > 19S to 7-11S, and in vitro additions of progressively increasing amounts of a mixture of milk proteins or bovine gamma globulin, to sera that contained complexes produced a progressive reduction in the level of complexes detectable. The circulating immune complexes found in some patients who lack IgA probably contain bovine milk proteins and periodic fluctuation of the MW of such complexes, depending upon antigen ingestion, appears likely. It remains uncertain what effect the chronic circulation of complexes has upon the clinical state of this group of patients.