Measurement of antibody-producing capacity to flagellin in man. IV. Studies in autoimmune disease, allergy and after azathioprine treatment.

  • 1 October 1971
    • journal article
    • Vol. 9  (4) , 507-18
Abstract
Humoral immune responses after primary and secondary immunization with monomeric flagellin from Salmonella adelaide were examined over 10 weeks in three groups of patients with putative autoimmune disease, i.e. systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis and lupoid hepatitis, in patients with allergy to an extrinsic antigen, and in azathioprine treated patients. Sera were titrated by tanned cell haemagglutination for total antibody and IgG antibody.