HUMORAL IMMUNE-RESPONSES IN MURINE PREGNANCY .1. ANTI-PATERNAL ALLOANTIBODY LEVELS IN MATERNAL SERUM
HUMORAL IMMUNE-RESPONSES IN MURINE PREGNANCY .1. ANTI-PATERNAL ALLOANTIBODY LEVELS IN MATERNAL SERUM
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DOI:
10.1016/0165-0378(81)90024-3
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
BILLINGTON, WD
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作者:
BELL, SC;BILLINGTON, WD
The kinetics and properties of anti-paternal alloantibody produced by female C57BL(H-2b) mice in response to mating with CBA(H-2k) males were investigated using an immunobead adsorption assay. No alloantibody was even detected in the 1st pregnancy or postpartum period. Of the females, 72% exhibited a humoral response in their 2nd pregnancy, detectable from day 16 or 17 post-coitum, and almost all females responded in their 3rd pregnancy. Column chromatographic and immunoelectrophoretic analysis showed that the alloantibody was IgG. Although passive transfer experiments suggested similar stability characteristics to those of cytotoxic antibody induced by experimental hyperimmunization, the pregnancy-induced alloantibody did not inhibit complement-dependent cytotoxicity. The findings are discussed in relation to the nature of the immunogenic stimulus from the conceptus and the regulation and possible function of the humoral immune response in allogeneic pregnancy.