In vitro studies on the human cellular immune response to commercially available herpes simplex antigens
- 1 August 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Archives of Dermatological Research
- Vol. 268 (3) , 247-255
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00404285
Abstract
Patients with recurrent herpes labialis and genitalis as well as normal controls were tested for the in vitro responsiveness of their lymphocytes to mitogens, to several herpes antigens and to carrier medium alone (containing chorioallantois membrane antigens). No statistically significant differences were found in the results with the direct and indirect migration inhibitory test (MIF) and in studies of the blastogenic response of lymphocytes (LTT) among the three groups. These findings held up when correlations were drawn to severity or course of the disease and suggest that immunological modulation can play at most a minor role in inducing recurrent herpes simplex infections. Die in vitro-Immunantwort von Patienten mit rezidivierendem Herpes simplex labialis und genitalis sowie von gesunden Kontrollpersonen wurde mit Mitogenen, mit mehreren Herpes-Antigenen und mit Kulturmedium, welches Chorionallantoismembran enthält, untersucht. Die Resultate ergaben im direkten und indirekten Migrations-Inhibitions-Test (MIF) sowie im Lymphocytentransformationstest (LTT) keine signifikanten Unterschiede zwischen den Gruppen. Diese Befunde änderten sich auch nicht, wenn Patienten im Hinblick auf Schwere oder auf zeitlichen Verlauf der Rezidive untersucht wurden. Immunologische Modulationsmechanismen mögen daher nur eine geringe Rolle bei der Induktion von Herpes-simplex-Rezidiven spielen.Keywords
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