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Serum IgG mediates mucosal immunity against rotavirus infection
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Zeitschriftentitel: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |
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Personen und Körperschaften: | , , , , |
In: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 102, 2005, 20, S. 7268-7273 |
Format: | E-Article |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Zusammenfassung: | <jats:p>We evaluated the protective role of passively transferred circulating antibodies in protecting non-human primates against experimental rotavirus infection. Pooled sera with rotavirus-specific IgG titers that were either high (1:10,000), intermediate (1:300), or negative (<1:25) were infused i.v. into naïve pigtailed macaques (ages 3-6 months). Rotavirus-specific IgG could be detected in the sera at 18 h in all animals infused with antibody-containing serum, and fecal IgG titers could be detected only in animals given high-titer pooled sera. When orally challenged with 10<jats:sup>6</jats:sup>fluorescent-forming units of a simian rotavirus strain, YK-1, at 18 h after serum transfer, control animals shed virus starting 1-3 days after challenge and continued to shed virus at high titers for 6-8 days, whereas passively immunized macaques did not shed virus or had delayed shedding at low titers for only a limited time. The observation that passively transferred antibodies can suppress or delay viral infection in rotavirus-challenged pigtailed macaques has important implications for the design and testing of parenteral candidate rotavirus vaccines.</jats:p> |
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Umfang: | 7268-7273 |
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0027-8424
1091-6490 |
DOI: | 10.1073/pnas.0502437102 |