Interactions of Mycoplasmas with B Cells: Antibody Production and Nonspecific Effects

Mycoplasmas: molecular biology and pathogenesis.

1992 • 750 citations

Phagocytosis as a Surface Phenomenon

1978 • 438 citations

Antibodies to brain and other tissues in cases of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.

1971 • 154 citations

Murine chronic respiratory disease. Significance as a research complication and experimental production with Mycoplasma pulmonis.

1971 • 154 citations

Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a polyclonal B-cell activator

1976 • 140 citations

Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a frequent cause of exacerbation of bronchial asthma in adults.

1986 • 107 citations

Interactions between Mycoplasmas and the Immune System

1989 • 94 citations

Intracage ammonia promotes growth of Mycoplasma pulmonis in the respiratory tract of rats

1982 • 85 citations

The Pathogenic Potential of Mycoplasmas: Mycoplasma pulmonis as a Model

1982 • 83 citations

Perinatal Mycoplasmal infections

1991 • 75 citations

Murine respiratory mycoplasmosis in F344 and LEW rats: evolution of lesions and lung lymphoid cell populations

1982 • 73 citations

MURINE MYCOPLASMA RESPIRATORY DISEASE*

1973 • 72 citations

Antibody to Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Nasal Secretions and Sputa of Experimentally Infected Human Volunteers

1973 • 69 citations

Mitogenic activity of Mycoplasma pulmonis. I. Stimulation of rat B and T lymphocytes.

1979 • 68 citations

Murine Respiratory Mycoplasmosis in LEW and F344 Rats: Strain Differences in Lesion Severity

1982 • 65 citations

Mycoplasmas and AIDS

1992 • 65 citations

Demonstration of antibodies to Mycoplasma pneumoniae attachment protein in human sera and respiratory secretions

1983 • 63 citations

Helper T cell-dependent human B cell differentiation mediated by a mycoplasmal superantigen bridge.

1990 • 61 citations

Activation of Human Lymphocyte Subpopulations by Mycoplasma pneumoniae

1977 • 58 citations

Immunoglobulin A protease activity of Ureaplasma urealyticum

1984 • 58 citations

Immune response of pathogen-free mice inoculated intranasally with Mycoplasma pulmonis.

1974 • 54 citations

A "lymphokine-like" soluble product that induces proliferation and maturation of B cells appears in the serum-free supernatant of a T cell hybridoma as a consequence of mycoplasmal contamination.

1985 • 52 citations

Ureaplasma urealyticum in the immunocompromised host

1986 • 52 citations

Comparison of bovine IgG1, IgG2 and IgM for ability to promote killing of by bovine alveolar macrophages and neutrophils

1984 • 44 citations

Survey of immunoglobulin A protease activity among selected species of Ureaplasma and Mycoplasma: specificity for host immunoglobulin A

1985 • 44 citations

Nonspecific lymphocyte responses in F344 and LEW rats: susceptibility to murine respiratory mycoplasmosis and examination of cellular basis for strain differences

1985 • 43 citations

Studies on the capacity of intact cells and purified Ia from different B cell sources to function in antigen presentation to T cells.

1988 • 43 citations

T helper cell-dependent, microbial superantigen-induced murine B cell activation: polyclonal and antigen-specific antibody responses.

1991 • 41 citations

Mitogenicity and Pathogenicity of Mycoplasma pulmonis in Rats. I. Atypical Interstitial Pneumonia Induced by Mitogenic Mycoplasmal Membranes

1981 • 40 citations

Activation of B lymphocytes by mycoplasma mitogen(s).

1978 • 36 citations

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A1 PROTEASE ACTIVITY IN STRAINS OF UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM

1984 • 34 citations

HUMORAL AND CELLULAR IMMUNE RESPONSES TO MYCOPLASMAS

1979 • 33 citations

HUMORAL AND CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNITY

1985 • 30 citations

Ureaplasma urealyticum polyarthritis in agammaglobulinemia

1985 • 30 citations

Serum antibody and cellular responses in LEW and F344 rats after immunization with Mycoplasma pulmonis antigens

1987 • 29 citations

Serum antibody does not account for differences in the severity of chronic respiratory disease caused by Mycoplasma pulmonis in LEW and F344 rats

1989 • 29 citations

IgE antibodies to Mycoplasma pneumoniae in asthma and other atopic diseases.

1980 • 29 citations

Non-specific polyclonal antibody response induced by Mycoplasma pneumoniae.

1983 • 28 citations

In Vitro Studies on the Mitogenic Activity of Mycoplasmal Species Toward Lymphocytes

1982 • 27 citations

Elimination of mycoplasmas from cell cultures utilizing hyperimmune sera

1985 • 27 citations

Mitogenic activity of Mycoplasma pulmonis II. Studies on the biochemical nature of the mitogenic factor

1979 • 26 citations

Mitogenicity of Mycoplasma fermentans for human lymphocytes

1978 • 26 citations

Specific and nonspecific antibody responses in different segments of the respiratory tract in rats infected with Mycoplasma pulmonis

1991 • 26 citations

Chronic arthritis of rabbits induced by mycoplasmas II.antibody response and the deposition of immune complexes

1980 • 25 citations

Mycoplasma neurolyticum: a potent mitogen for rat B lymphocytes

1979 • 25 citations

ANTIBODIES IN BRONCHIAL SECRETIONS FOLLOWING NATURAL INFECTION WITH MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE

1971 • 24 citations

Protection of mice against Mycoplasma pulmonis infection using purified mouse immunoglobulins: comparison between protective effect and biological properties of immunoglobulin classes.

1981 • 24 citations

Acquired Immunity to Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia in Hamsters

1978 • 23 citations

Polyclonal activation of rat splenic lymphocytes after in vivo administration of Mycoplasma pulmonis and its relation to in vitro response

1986 • 20 citations

Differentiation in the murine B cell lymphoma 1.29: inductive capacities of lipopolysaccharide and Mycoplasma fermentans products

1985 • 18 citations

Enhancement of Immunoglobulin Secretion by the Lymphokine‐Like Activity of a Mycoplasma arginini Strain

1986 • 16 citations

Autoimmune reactions associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.

1979 • 16 citations

[Immunoglobulin levels, number of eosinophils in the peripheral blood and bronchial hypersensitivity in children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia].

1991 • 15 citations

Total and Specific IgE Responses in the Acute and Recovery Phases of Respiratory Infections in Children

1987 • 15 citations

Immunoglobulin G Fc Receptors of Mycoplasma synoviae

1991 • 14 citations

Membrane interactions involved in the induction of interferon-alpha by Mycoplasma pneumoniae

1987 • 14 citations

Identification of a mycoplasmal protein which binds immunoglobulins nonimmunologically

1991 • 13 citations

Exclusive occurrence of an extracellular protease capable of cleaving the hinge region of human immunoglobulin A1 in strains of Ureaplasma urealyticum.

1984 • 11 citations

The cellular compartmentalization of macrophage‐associated nominal antigen: immunologically relevant macrophage‐associated antigen may not require an intracellular phase of macrophage handling

1983 • 11 citations

Upper respiratory tract is the major site of antibody production in mycoplasmal induced chronic respiratory disease.

1989 • 11 citations

Role of Humoral Antibodies in Resistance to Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia in Hamsters

1980 • 9 citations

Polyclonal activators in pulmonary immune disease

1985 • 8 citations

Blast transformation of mouse splenic B-lymphocytes with extracts of Mycoplasma hyorhinis.

1984 • 7 citations

The regulation of murine B cell differentiation

1989 • 7 citations

Lymphokine-like activity of a strain of Mycoplasma arginini.

1984 • 6 citations

Growth characteristics of ureaplasmas from animal and human sources.

1984 • 6 citations

Mycoplasma‐induced degradation of IgE bound by Fcϵ receptors of rat basophilic leukemia cells

1987 • 2 citations