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Enhancement of non-Candida antibody responses by Candida albicans cell wall glycoprotein.

Two cell wall glycoprotein extracts from Candida albicans (glycoprotein [GP] and peptidoglucomannan [PGM]) were tested for their influence on antibody responses to type III pneumococcal polysaccharide and sheep erythrocytes. GP was isolated from lipid-extracted cell walls with ethylenediamine, whereas PGM was extracted with dilute sodium hydroxide. Both glycoproteins increased the number of antibody-producing plaque-forming cells in the spleens of mice immunized with type III polysaccharide or sheep erythrocytes, although PGM appeared to be about 10 times more effective. PGM could be administered up to 3 days prior to immunization with sheep erythrocytes to elicit enhancement; it did not have to be administered by the same route as the immunogen to cause significant enhancement. Enhancement did not appear to be the result of a direct mitogenic effect of GP and PGM on lymphocytes, nor did these glycoproteins appear to stimulate the production of B-cell growth factors or interleukin 2.[1]

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  1. Enhancement of non-Candida antibody responses by Candida albicans cell wall glycoprotein. Domer, J.E., Elkins, K.L., Ennist, D.L., Stashak, P.W., Garner, R.E., Baker, P.J. Infect. Immun. (1987) [Pubmed]
 
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