IgG subclass distribution of antibody responses to protein and polysaccharide mycobacterial antigens in leprosy and tuberculosis patients

Classification of leprosy according to immunity. A five-group system.

1966 • 2,459 citations

Interleukin 13 induces interleukin 4-independent IgG4 and IgE synthesis and CD23 expression by human B cells.

1993 • 1,084 citations

Evaluation of monoclonal antibodies having specificity for human IgG sub-classes: Results of an IUIS/WHO collaborative study

1985 • 393 citations

Cytokine production at the site of disease in human tuberculosis

1993 • 379 citations

Defining protective responses to pathogens: cytokine profiles in leprosy lesions

1991 • 375 citations

Cytokine patterns in the pathogenesis of human leishmaniasis.

1993 • 372 citations

Structure and expression of germline epsilon transcripts in human B cells induced by interleukin 4 to switch to IgE production.

1990 • 353 citations

Human interleukin 10 induces naive surface immunoglobulin D+ (sIgD+) B cells to secrete IgG1 and IgG3.

1994 • 330 citations

Th1/Th2 profiles in tuberculosis, based on the proliferation and cytokine response of blood lymphocytes to mycobacterial antigens.

1994 • 309 citations

Th1-Th2 Paradigm: Insights from Leprosy

1994 • 232 citations

The Immunoglobulin Class Switch: Beyond “Accessibility”

1997 • 217 citations

T cell cytokine responses in persons with tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus infection.

1994 • 204 citations

Plasma anti-pneumococcal antibody activity of the IgG class and subclasses in otitis prone children.

1984 • 179 citations

Aspects of the molecular structure of IgG subclasses.

1986 • 129 citations

Subclass distribution of human antibodies to Haemophilus influenzae type b capsular polysaccharide.

1987 • 120 citations

IgG subclasses in viral infections.

1986 • 92 citations

IgE and IgG subclass regulation by IL-4 and IFN-gamma in human helminth infections. Assessment by B cell precursor frequencies.

1993 • 84 citations

Cytokine profile of circulating T cells of leprosy patients reflects both indiscriminate and polarized T-helper subsets: T-helper phenotype is stable and uninfluenced by related antigens of Mycobacterium leprae.

1995 • 80 citations

Serum immunoglobulin G subclass dysbalances in the lymphadenopathy syndrome and acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

1986 • 76 citations

Measurement of serum IgG4 levels by a competitive immunoenzymatic assay with monoclonal antibodies

1984 • 71 citations

The Mycobacterium tuberculosis 38-kDa antigen: overproduction in Escherichia coli, purification and characterization

1992 • 68 citations

Distribution of IgG subclass levels in normal adult sera as determined by a competitive enzyme immunoassay using monoclonal antibodies.

1985 • 67 citations

IgG subclass deficiency.

1990 • 64 citations

Role of interleukin‐2 and interferon‐γ in inducing production of IgG subclasses in lymphocytes of human newborns

1996 • 54 citations

Immunoglobulin G subclass responses to mycobacterial lipoarabinomannan in HIV-infected and non-infected patients with tuberculosis

1993 • 39 citations

Immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) and IgG3 antibodies are markers of progressive disease in leprosy

1995 • 34 citations

Specificity of IgG subclass antibodies in different clinical manifestations of leprosy

1992 • 24 citations

Human immunoglobulin subclasses.

1987 • 23 citations

Methodological pitfalls in serum IgG2 level measurements by immunoenzymatic assays with monoclonal antibodies

1992 • 8 citations

Analysis of variation in batches of armadillo-derived Mycobacterium leprae by immunoblotting.

1990 • 4 citations

Recombinant interleukin-2 infusions and serum IgG subclass levels [letter; comment]

1996 • 1 citations