Article
Immunoregulatory processes induced by carrageenan in BALB/C mice.
Immunological investigations - 1 Apr 1990
Vijayakumar R K, Muthukkaruppan V R
Abstract excerpt
This paper describes the induction of immunosuppression by multiple injections of Carrageenan-lambda (cgn) in BALB/C mice. While cgn alone induced non-specific suppression that persisted up to 25 days, priming with sheep red blood cells (SRBC) of mice within 10 days after cgn treatment prolonged the suppressive state. When these mice were given a secondary challenge 45 days after priming antigen (SRBC) specific...
Topics
- Animals
- Antibody Formation
- Carrageenan
- Erythrocytes
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
- Immunization, Passive
- Immunosuppressive Agents
- Indomethacin
- Interleukin-1
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C