The immunological specificity of type II Pneumococcus and its separation into partial specificities. II

J Exp Med. 1960 Jan 1;111(1):33-43. doi: 10.1084/jem.111.1.33.

Abstract

Quantitative data are given on the cross reactions in Type II antipneumococcal horse sera of plant gums and hemicelluloses containing multiple terminal groupings of glucuronic acid and/or 4-O-methylglucuronic acid. Great variability is shown both in the reactivities of the polysaccharides and in the antibodies in the sera of different animals immunized with the same antigen. The 4-O-methyl substituent on the glucuronic acid residues in a gum often appears to diminish cross-precipitation with antibodies to S II.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies*
  • Antigens*
  • Cross Reactions*
  • Glucuronates*
  • Immune Sera*
  • Polysaccharides*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity*
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / immunology*
  • Vaccination*

Substances

  • Antibodies
  • Antigens
  • Glucuronates
  • Immune Sera
  • Polysaccharides
  • 4-O-methylglucuronic acid
  • hemicellulose