CORRELATION BETWEEN SERUM IGG-2 CONCENTRATIONS AND THE ANTIBODY-RESPONSE TO BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE ANTIGENS
CORRELATION BETWEEN SERUM IGG-2 CONCENTRATIONS AND THE ANTIBODY-RESPONSE TO BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE ANTIGENS
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DOI:
10.1056/nejm198007243030402
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
SCHIFFMAN, G
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作者:
SIBER, GR;SCHUR, PH;SCHIFFMAN, G
Serum concentrations of immunoglobulin [Ig] classes and IgG subclasses were measured in 53 patients who completed treatment for Hodgkin''s disease and in 10 healthy adults. The relation of these classes and subclasses to the subjects'' antibody responses to bacterial polysaccharide and viral protein antigens was determined. Mean levels of the IgG-2 subclass were significantly lower in patients treated with both radiation and chemotherapy than in controls (P < 0.05). The level of IgG-2 before immunization correlated directly with the mean antibody response to 11 pneumococcal antigens (r = 0.71, P < 0.001) and to the Haemophilus influenzae Type b antigen (r = 0.40, P < 0.01). The correlation between IgG-2 concentration and pneumococcal antibody response was also significant in the 10 healthy adults (r = 0.70, P < 0.05). The levels of no Ig class or subclass correlated significantly with antibody responses to influenza A/Victoria/75 and A/New Jersey/76 hemagglutinins, both of which are protein antigens. The serum concentration of IgG-2 appears to provide a marker for predicting the ability to produce antibodies to polysaccharide, but not viral protein antigens.