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. 1971 Jun;20(6):1001–1008.

Cellular immunity in casein-induced amyloidosis

E S Cathcart, M Mullarkey, A S Cohen
PMCID: PMC1455953  PMID: 5558026

Abstract

Guinea-pigs receiving multiple subcutaneous injections of casein at first developed a cellular immune response to casein but this rapidly waned when the animals became amyloidotic. By contrast, cellular immune responsiveness to non-specific antigens at first appeared to be diminished but later returned to normal under the same conditions. These results suggest that tolerance to a specific immunogen may play an important role in the pathogenesis of casein-induced amyloidosis.

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