title: Correlation between antiamoebic IgG and autoreactive anti-IgG in amoebic liver abscess cases.
abstract: IgG isolated and purified from a healthy human serum through Sephadex G-200 and protein A CL 4B sepharose chromatography was used for detection of its own antibodies and correlated with the antiamoebic antibody titres in amoebic liver abscess cases. The mean titres with standard deviation of the self reactive antibodies to serum IgG both ALA cases and healthy controls show a highly significant difference, and antiamoebic antibody titres (IgG) are very much correlated with the autoreactive anti IgG titres in amoebic liver abscess cases. This correlation suggests that as antiamoebic IgG levels reach to its maximum, autoreactive anti IgG are produced to switch off antiamoebic anti IgG production in amoebic liver abscess cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Osmania General Hospital, Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Nayeem
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Habibullah
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D007074:Immunoglobulin G