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. 1997 Mar;65(3):1122–1125. doi: 10.1128/iai.65.3.1122-1125.1997

Interleukin-12 suppresses immunoglobulin E production but enhances immunoglobulin G4 production by human peripheral blood mononuclear cells.

B A de Boer 1, Y C Kruize 1, P J Rotmans 1, M Yazdanbakhsh 1
PMCID: PMC175100  PMID: 9038328

Abstract

The effect of interleukin-12 (IL-12) on human immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) and IgE production was examined with cells derived from filarial patients and European controls. IL-12 inhibited IgE release but enhanced IgG4 production in cultures of peripheral blood mononuclear cells stimulated with anti-CD2 plus IL-2. When purified T- and B-cell cocultures were examined, IL-12 again markedly enhanced IgG4, whereas IgE production was no longer inhibited.

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