Studies on the infectious etiology of human rheumatoid arthritis. II. Search for humoral and cell-bound antibodies against mycoplasmal antigens.
A total of 29 rheumatoid patients and 19 nonrheumatoid patients were tested for evidence of present or past infection by M pneumoniae, M hominis, M fermentans, M arthritidis, M pulmonis, and M hyorhinis. The techniques of lymphocye transformation, metabolic-inhibiting antibody test, and mycoplasmcidal antibody test indicated no significant difference in the response of rheumatoid as opposed to nonrheumatoid patients.
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D037102:Lectins / Q000494:pharmacology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000276:immunology*
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D037102:Lectins