Tonsillar application of killed Streptococcus mutans induces specific antibodies in rabbit saliva and blood plasma without inducing a cross-reacting antibody to human cardiac muscle.

When Streptococcus mutans cells are injected into the skeletal muscle of rabbits, an antibody against human cardiac muscle, as well as an anti-S. mutans antibody, is induced in blood plasma. Our previous study showed that when sheep erythrocytes are applied to palatine tonsils, an antibody against t...

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Main Authors: Fukuizumi, T, Inoue, H, Tsujisawa, T, Uchiyama, C
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1997
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC175654/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9353033
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