Article
Production of random classes of immunoglobulins in brain tissue during persistent viral infection paralleled by secretion of interleukin-6 (IL-6) but not IL-4, IL-5, and gamma interferon.
Journal of virology - 1 Mar 1991
Moskophidis D, Frei K, Löhler J, Fontana A, Zinkernagel R M
Abstract excerpt
The activities of cytokines were determined in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum of mice persistently or intracerebrally acutely infected with lymphocytic choriomeningitis (LCM) virus (LCMV). In contrast to CBA/J (LCMV carrier) mice that responded with low levels of LCMV-specific antibody, high-responder NMRI (carrier) mice showed antibody production by B cells outside of lymphoid organs. The B cells that had...
Topics
- Animals
- Antibodies, Viral
- Antibody Formation
- Brain
- Immunoglobulins
- Interferon-gamma
- Interleukin-4
- Interleukin-5
- Interleukin-6
- Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis
- Mice
