Serum antibody responses in mice to intermittent inhalation of ovalbumin dust.
Serum antibody production and induction of antibody tolerance were monitored in mice following intermittent inhalation of ovalbumin dust (mass concentration = 4.2 mg m-3; diameter of 80% of particles less than 2.6 microns). Repeated inhalation of microgram quantities of dust stimulated serum antibody production and development of tolerance. The sequence of these responses is analogous to that following oral presentation of antigen, but is produced by a much lower dose when antigen is presented via the respiratory tract.
School of Veterinary Science, University of Bristol, UK.
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Gilmour
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Wathes
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Taylor
D000281:Administration, Intranasal; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation; D004306:Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D010047:Ovalbumin / Q000276:immunology*
D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D010047:Ovalbumin