title: The immune response in adult sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus L.): the effect of temperature.
abstract: Adult lamprey were shown to produce antigen-specific antibody in response to weekly injections of human O-type erythrocytes ('O'-RBC) at both 17 degrees C and 9 degrees C. At the higher temperature, high titre antisera were produced earlier and at a faster rate than in animals kept at 9 degrees C. Lamprey kept at 9 degrees C, after a long lag period, eventually produced titres comparable to those obtained at 17 degrees C. Lamprey immunized and maintained at 9 degrees C were capable of producing high titres of antibody in response to second injection of antigen after the primary response titre had declined.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hagen
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Filosa
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Youson
mesh_terms: D000064:Acclimatization; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D000917:Antibody Formation; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology; D005399:Fishes / Q000276:immunology*; D006384:Hemagglutination; D006801:Humans; D007798:Lampreys / Q000276:immunology*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies