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. 1968 Nov;15(5):643–652.

Effect of cortisone acetate on 19S and 7S haemolysin antibody

A time course study

E V Elliott, N R St C Sinclair
PMCID: PMC1409542  PMID: 5697012

Abstract

A single subcutaneous injectio of cortisone acetate (400–500 mg/kg body weight) depressed the serum haemolysin response of adult Swiss mice to sheep erythrocytes when administered near the time of antigen injection. The greatest suppression of the early haemolysin response occurred when cortisone was injected 3–4 days prior to antigen, while the late antibody response (20–30 days after antigen injection) was markedly decreased when cortisone was given up to 4 days after antigen. Cortisone depressed both 19S and 7S haemolysin when given prior to antigen, but depressed only the 7S antibody when administered after antigen. An attempt was made to correlate the depression of the immune response with the decrease in lymphoid tissue following cortisone treatment and a striking correlation was observed between the number of circulating lymphocytes at the time of antigen injection and the 7 day titres of total and 19S antibody.

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