Role of humoral versus cellular mechanisms of resistance in the pathogenesis of syphilis.
From experimental work to determine the role of humoral and cell-mediated responses in the pathogenesis of syphilis evidence has been collected to indicate that both humoral and cell-mediated immunity have a protective function in syphilis.
D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007112:Immunity, Maternally-Acquired; D007114:Immunization; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D011817:Rabbits; D013587:Syphilis / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014210:Treponema pallidum / Q000276:immunology
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial