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Suppression of humoral antibody formation against sheep red blood cells by infections with HSV-2 and the influence of mouse cytomegalovirus

B. MetzgerS. NickS. JonsićDietrich Falke

subject

ErythrocytesTime FactorsvirusesCytomegalovirusAntibodies Viralmedicine.disease_causeVirusHerpesviridaeImmune toleranceBlood cellMiceVirologyAlphaherpesvirinaeImmune TolerancemedicineAnimalsSimplexvirusbiologyHerpes SimplexGeneral Medicinebiology.organism_classificationVirologyRed blood cellmedicine.anatomical_structureImmunoglobulin MAntibody FormationImmunologyHumoral immunitybiology.proteinAntibody

description

HSV-2 infections suppress the antibody response to HSV-1 but do not impair the mouse cytomegalo virus (MCMV) antibody generating system. In contrast, the sheep red blood cell (SRBC) IgM response is impaired by preinfections with HSV-2 but not with HSV-1. From the time kinetics of this suppression it can be concluded that only a certain submechanism "spills over" to the SRBC system. MCMV suppresses the antibody formation induced by HSV-1.

https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01310741