The intestinal flora is required to support antibody responses to systemic immunization in infant and germ free mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Lamousé Smith, Esi S ^a   Tzeng, Alice ^b   Starnbach, Michael N ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; OVALBUMIN; STREPTOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMFREE ANIMAL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PREGNANCY; WEANING; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NEWBORN;

MUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GERM-FREE LIFE; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OVALBUMIN;

EID: 84860587715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027662     Document Type: Article

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