title: Antiidiotype modulation of herpes simplex virus infection leading to increased pathogenicity.
abstract: Antiidiotype reagents that recognize idiotypic determinants associated with the combining site of monoclonal antibodies to herpes simplex virus type 2 ( HSV2 ) were used to manipulate the immune response to HSV2 in BALB/c mice. The injection of antiidiotype antibodies into mice before challenge with a 50% lethal dose of HSV2 resulted in a shorter survival time than that of mice receiving either preimmune rabbit immunoglobulin G or antiidiotype reagents against hepatitis B surface antigen before HSV2 challenge. These findings indicate that the immune response to HSV2 in mice can be modulated through idiotype- antiidiotype networks, thereby increasing the pathogenicity of HSV2 infections.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes / Q000032:analysis; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000276:immunology*; D007110:Immunity, Active; D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000276:immunology* / Q000472:pathogenicity
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes; D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes