Mast cell sensitizing antibody (MCSAb) response in experimental candidiasis: chromatographic studies.
A single dose of the yeast-like fungus Candida albicans (CA), mixed with Complete Freund's Adjuvant (CFA), and inoculated into guinea-pig foot-pads, provoked the productions of homologous mast cell sensitizing antibodies (MCSAb) present in the psiI-globulin fraction only, and of agglutinins localized in the same fraction. Heterologous MCSAb and skin-sensitizing antibodies detectable by passive cutaneous anaphylaxis (PCA) were constantly absent. These facts are in contradiction to results of previous experiments performed with other antigens; which after similar inoculation elicited production of heterologous MCSAb attaching themselves on rat mast cells (MC) and present in the psi2 fast moving globulin, homologous MCSAb localized in the psiI-globulin and in the psi2 fast moving globulin, and PCA antibodies. The immunogenicity of CA is discussed.
D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D000917:Antibody Formation; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000937:Antigen-Antibody Reactions; D002176:Candida albicans; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000276:immunology*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007114:Immunization; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D012867:Skin / Q000276:immunology
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