title: [Effect of glucagon and short-term fasting on the interrelationship of cellular and humoral immune responses].
abstract: The effect of subcutaneous administration of 25 micrograms/kg of glucagon and 2-day fasting (as a natural model of hyperglucagonemia) on the accumulation of antibody-forming splenocytes and the expression of a delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction (DTHR) in response to intraperitoneal immunization with sheep erythrocytes at various doses were studied in experiments on random-bred albino mice. A suppressing effect of the hormone on antibody genesis at optimum doses and its stimulating effect at suboptimum doses were revealed. The latter effect took place against a background of DTHR suppression. Glucagon action manifested itself mainly in the effector phase of an immune response and correlated with the effect of two-day fasting on the immune system. A conclusion has been made of a possible competition (at certain doses of antigen) between a cellular and humoral response, whose type can vary during endocrine dysfunction.
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Kevorkov
authors.forename: E Iu
authors.initials: EIu
authors.lastname: Gusev
authors.forename: Iu A
authors.initials: IuA
authors.lastname: Kniazev
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation / Q000502:physiology*; D005215:Fasting / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005934:Glucagon / Q000097:blood / Q000502:physiology*; D006968:Hypersensitivity, Delayed / Q000276:immunology*; D007111:Immunity, Cellular / Q000502:physiology*; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D005934:Glucagon
vernacular_title: Vliianie gliukagona i kratkovremennogo golodaniia na vzaimosviaz' kletochnogo i gumoral'nogo immunogo otveta.