Biological effects of staphylococcal protein A immunotherapy in cats with induced feline leukemia virus infection

Lafrado, L.J.; Mathes, L.E.; Zack, P.M.; Olsen, R.G.

Biological effects of staphylococcal protein A immunotherapy in cats with induced feline leukemia virus infection

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Lafrado, L.J. | Mathes, L.E. | Zack, P.M. | Olsen, R.G.

Biological effects of staphylococcal protein A (SPA) immunotherapy were studied in 5 viremic and 6 nonviremic cats with induced FeLV infection and in 6 control cats. The SPA therapy neither reversed FeLV viremia nor resulted in consistent improvement in humoral immune responses to FELV antigens. However, SPA immunotherapy induced a proliferative response in bone marrow granulocytic lineage, possibly resulting in expression of FeLV-free mature neutrophils in the blood. Seemingly, viral burden and chemiluminescent responses were reversed in viremic cats during SPA immunotherapy.

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Mots clés AGROVOC

animals cats cats chemiluminescence etiology feline oncovirus humoral immunity interferons leukemia leukemia neutrophils neutrophils physiology single cell protein therapy viremia

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American journal of veterinary research

Volume 51 Numéro 3 Pagination 482 - 486 ISSN 0002-9645

D'autres materias

Random allocation; Therapeutic use; Experimental; Female; Therapeutics; Feline; Leukemia virus; Staphylococcal protein a; Male; Specific pathogen-free organisms; Veterinary; Cat diseases

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anglais

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Text; Journal Article

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