Enhancement of humoral immune response against human lung elastin peptides.
When guinea pigs instead of rabbits were used as the host animals, 8--16 times higher antibody titers against human lung elastin peptides were produced with only 1/20 the amount of antigen per unit body weight. This corresponds to a 200-fold enhancement of the immune response.
D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation / Q000187:drug effects*; D004549:Elastin / Q000276:immunology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000276:immunology*; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D013045:Species Specificity
D010446:Peptide Fragments; D004549:Elastin