Lumphocytotoxins in leprosy.
Occurrence of cold lymphocytotoxins has been observed in 59 leprosy sera. In 46% of the patients, cold lymphocytotoxins were present whereas in helathy controls only 13% showed such antibodies. The highest incidence of alloantibodies was detected in lepromatous leprosy. Levels of autoantibodies, immunoglobulins and C3 were tested in parallel without finding any significnat correlations.
D003176:Complement C3 / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000032:analysis; D007918:Leprosy / Q000276:immunology*; D008233:Lymphotoxin-alpha / Q000032:analysis*
D003176:Complement C3; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D008233:Lymphotoxin-alpha