title: Immune response deficiency of BSVS mice. II. Generalized deficiency to thymus-dependent antigens.
abstract: BSVS mice gave abnormally low IgG responses to 5 thymus-dependent antigens as well as a weak delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) response to sheep red blood cells. In contrast to IgG, the IgM antibody responses of these mice were normal to three T-independent antigens as well as to all five T-dependent antigens. The low immune responsiveness of BSVS mice was also reflected in the low levels of IgG(2)a, IgG(2)b and IgG(3) in their normal serum. The low T-dependent immune responses may result from BSVS mice having been selectively bred for susceptibility to infection with St. Louis encephalitis virus and Salmonella. C57BL/6J mice, which are also highly susceptible to Salmonella, gave low immune responses similar to, but genetically distinct from, those of BSVS mice. The levels of Ig-positive and theta-positive cells were normal in BSVS and C57BL/6J mice.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000917:Antibody Formation; D000941:Antigens; D002417:Cattle; D004136:Dinitrobenzenes / Q000276:immunology; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology; D006433:Hemocyanins / Q000276:immunology; D006462:Hemolytic Plaque Technique; D006968:Hypersensitivity, Delayed / Q000276:immunology; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008805:Mice, Inbred A; D008806:Mice, Inbred AKR; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains / Q000276:immunology*; D012756:Sheep; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D005719:gamma-Globulins / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000941:Antigens; D004136:Dinitrobenzenes; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D005719:gamma-Globulins; D006433:Hemocyanins