Direct IgG-mediated reactivity of human neutrophils to Corynebacterium diphtheriae peptidoglycan
Maianskiĭ, A.N.; Shmeleva, E.A.; Krylova, N.I.; Maianskaia, I.V.; Boiarinova, L.V.
Zhurnal Mikrobiologii Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii 2: 99-101
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0372-9311 PMID: 6424364 Document Number: 224199
The direct and IgG-mediated reactivity to C. diphtheriae peptidoglycan in the system of neutrophilic phagocytosis was studied. Peptidoglycan treated with IgG (2-20 mg/ml) isolated from commercial immunoglobulin stimulated the reduction of nitro blue tetrazolium by human neutrophils. Direct (IgG-independent) reactions were much less intensive. The problem of normal IgG opsonizing C. diphtheriae peptidoglycan is discussed.