Antibody-dependent enhancement of infection: bacteria do it too

Trends Immunol. 2003 Sep;24(9):465-7. doi: 10.1016/s1471-4906(03)00210-2.

Authors

Surendran Mahalingam¹, Brett A Lidbury

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Northfields Avenue, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia. sureshm@uow.edu.au

PMID: 12967664
DOI: 10.1016/s1471-4906(03)00210-2

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Antibodies, Bacterial / immunology*
Antibody-Dependent Enhancement
Epithelial Cells / immunology
Humans
Immunoglobulin A / immunology
Immunoglobulin A / metabolism
Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / immunology
Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / metabolism
Infections / immunology*
Phosphorylcholine / immunology
Serine Endopeptidases / metabolism
Streptococcus pneumoniae / enzymology
Streptococcus pneumoniae / immunology

Substances

Antibodies, Bacterial
Immunoglobulin A
Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments
Phosphorylcholine
Serine Endopeptidases
IgA-specific serine endopeptidase